Twende
Animated Series
Twende is a pangolin, the slowest moving animal on the Savannah. His belief that “life is about the journey, not the destination” is constantly at odds with his job as a boda boda driver. With the help of his best friend Nuru, Twende navigates the day to day challenges of life in the bustling city of Milima.
Twende is an animated TV series for kids (6-11 years old) that draws inspiration from the slapstick comedy of SpongeBob Squarepants and the beautiful setting of The Lion King. It follows Twende, a slow-moving pangolin boda boda driver from East Africa who infuriates his passengers with his ‘life is about the journey, not the destination’ ethos.
Creators and Producers
Charlie and Regan Maas are a husband and wife team that come from marketing and production backgrounds (Transformers: Age of Extinction, World War Z) respectively. Mike Scott is a writer and director who’s first animated series Moosebox was broadcast on Nickelodeon. Kayla-Jaymee Archer is a professional illustrator.
Kwame Nyong’o (Africa Animated!, Tinga Tinga Tales) is an Executive Producer on Twende and has a background as a writer and director. Co-producers Mind’s Eye Creative is a South African animation studio that worked on Emmy nominated series F is For Family.
Team
Greig Cameron is the Series Director of Twende. He was head writer on Moosebox on Nicktoons, wrote and directed four seasons of Supa Strikas on Disney XD and Cartoon Network, and has written for Munki and Trunk and Urbo: The Adventures of Pax Afrika. His debut feature film Seal Team, which he wrote and directed, is on Netflix worldwide.
The cast of Twende includes Junior Nyong’o, June Gachui, Mikamzee Mwatela, Elsaphan Njora