Ebele Okoye

thumb|Ebele Okoye Ebele Okoye (born 6 October 1969) is a Nigerian-German painter and animator based in Cologne, Germany since 2000. Quotes "We need capacities for Animation –Ebele Okoye" (2015) "We need capacities for Animation –Ebele Okoye", The Nation (November 14, 2015) We have animation studios in Africa, but I am yet to see anybody that can say I am an independent animation studio owner. We are trying to see that animations are well generated in Africa. We want a platform where young people can dialogue and be part of the game. Animation can be used to tell stories. My film, The Legacy of Rubies, which won Best Animation at AMAA, tells a story and to make these young ones know that they can do it too. All we need is the capacities to be established. I already knew what I wanted to be at the age of seven, but there was no capacity for it here. But I was able to achieve my dream External links Category:Animators Category:Painters from the United States Category:Women from Nigeria Category:21st-century African-American women Category:1969 births Category:Living people Category:Women artists Category:Women born in the 1960s