Zuba, Sun Knight

Zuba is a rwandan mythology comic story of a young man who grown up in a poor family and volunteered as an intern in a sun lab cooperation that took place in kigali,rwanda and the main character travel through time when the sun lab portal malfunctioned and sent him back in 1510 when king Ruganzu Ndoli was a king of rwanda which gave him a supernatural power of turbo jump (Urukiramende) and with the help of technology from present sun lab in kigali city made him a tech suite that charge from solar system to boast his ability and gave him a challenge of balancing the damage that was made from sun lab portal malfunction.

  • ashiraf kabango hashim
    animator
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Short
  • Runtime:
    3 minutes 50 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 10, 2023
  • Country of Origin:
    Rwanda
  • Country of Filming:
    Rwanda
  • Language:
    English
  • Aspect Ratio:
    21:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • First-Time Filmmaker Sessions - by Lift-Off Global Network
    Iver, Buckinghamshire, England
    United Kingdom
    official selection
  • Edo State International Film Festival
    Benin, Edo
    Nigeria
    Official selection
Director Biography

Ashiraf kabango hashim was born and raised in kigali, rwanda and he is an animator and content creator who aspire to be an african film maker and future director.

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Director Statement

I made this comic story short pilot to portray mythology and stories of where i came from and to portray our african culture since we lack representation of rwandan comic story on tv.