Zimbabwe’s Otakukon Festival: Young Zimbabweans bring Japanese pop icons to life | World of Africa

Source: Zimbabwe’s Otakukon Festival: Young Zimbabweans bring Japanese pop icons to life | World of Africa

Otaku culture has taken a grip on Zimbabwe.

The capital city Harare is celebrating the second edition of the Otakukon anime convention. With young Zimbabweans ‘cos-playing’ or dressing up as manga and anime characters. Most of them made stitched together with their own hands, imbued with their passion for the culture that in recent years has taken all corners of the world by storm.

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