Prosearium.net is an initiative to document African women of all backgrounds and their experiences creating and contributing to games. This is a step towards increasing the participation of African women in game development, and carving a space for ourselves in the continents digital history.
Here's our progress so far:
100 women in games
20 video interviews
Workshops hosted
Latest News
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Meet Alphonsina Chikwashi, an artist with a fashion background and a love for video games. She was a volunteer for the Women Game Jam event that took place in August.…
Meet Olga, aka Afro Cocoa. Olga works in Corporate Communications, and is one of the hosts of Nerd|Otaku's gaming show "The Bridge." Tell us about yourself, Olga. I'm an assorted…
Meet Naledi, aka Androva or Andy for short, a South African gamer and streamer. A self-proclaimed geek at heart, Naledi was first introduced to the world of tech when she…
Meet Sylvia, aka Queen Arrow, a professional gamer and content creator for UYU and a Global eSports Federation Member. Sylvia plays Tekken professionally in tournaments, and she was the first…
Malindi is a Zambian student, gamer, content creator for Ai Gaming, and self-proclaimed extroverted introvert. She has a streaming channel on YouTube called Mali-Chan's Bizarre Adventures and a Ko-fi page…
https://youtu.be/Ia7loBYukGU Imagine a computer scientist in Zambia, vouching for a government position as a member of parliament and adamant about equal participation in games related events for all, awesome right?…
Meet Linda Shachinda, a Zambian entrepreneur with a passion for helping to bridge the digital and technological gap between the rural and urban areas in Zambia. Linda has participated in…
This interview is a republished interview. We’re celebrating African women in eSports and their position in the games industry. Meet Chikonde Chembe, a Zambian game streamer and player for Team Gematrix.…
Meet Cholwe, co-founder of Team Gematrix, the first Esports Organisation in Zambia founded in 2018, with the vision of creating a platform for talent to grow and nurture their careers…
Here are ways that you can help us get to our goal of documenting 1000 African women creating and self-publishing their own games.
Let us profile you
Are you a woman in Africa that has made a game before or wants to make a game? It doesn’t matter what kind of game as long as we can see it exists! If you are interested, we would love to profile you and highlight your game here. Click here for a profile request or contact us below.
Support us on Patreon
Contribute to the growth of prosearium.net by supporting at patreon.com/prosearium. All patrons will have early access and exclusive content available to them every month from our team. You may also contribute more to request and have access to approved statistics that will be sent monthly.
Host a workshop
If you would like to have a group of friends or women you know learn to make games and self-publish them, contact us. We can work together to host a workshop in any location remotely, or a physical workshop if we have volunteer leads in your area.
Quotes
My hopes for the African gaming industry are that it starts to feature more prominently internationally and that African games are nominated and win international game awards. I believe that the global game industry is expanding to include a more diverse set of gamers who deserve to be represented in games. I would like to see more inclusion and diversity in the characters being created and the stories being told internationally.
Sunny Dube
I would love to see more of our mythology shown in African games. When you think mythology, you’re usually thinking Greek, Roman, or Norse, and the only African mythology that’s popularly touched on through media is Egyptian. It would be cool to see more African mythology and spiritualism used to create fascinating stories and gameplay. Telling more of our history in our games is something I would also like to see. Just more African period piece type of games, whether it’s a historical period or an Afro-futuristic period being shown.
Maria Situmbeko
I would like to see more structured and paying roles within the game development industry. Many people that I have interacted with have day jobs and game development is treated more or less like a hobby which is something that needs to change.
Wendi Ndaki
The advice I would give [writers who might be interested in being involved in creating games] is just to get started. If you want to write a game, do it. There is no better time than the present. I was accepted into the Pixelles Portfolio writing program earlier this year and it was huge! Unfortunately, I could not continue because I started a new job and there was just a bit too much on my plate to handle. However, that does not mean when you fail, you need to give up. It just means, try again until you create something you love.