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Wynona Mutisi

@wynonamutisi.bsky.social

✏️ Professional drawer 🗄️ | 👩🏾‍🎨 Designer 🖍️ | 🫨Chronic overthinker🧍🏾‍♀️ @thecontinent.org

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The Continent@thecontinent.org · 2mo ago

All Protocol Observed Welcome to Issue 240 of The Continent The latest Ebola outbreak is the 17th in 50 years, with more than half occurring in the past 5 years. Mining-driven mobility and mistrust are fuelling the spread. Ironically, better containment has limited vaccine trials. bit.ly/240_TC

This is the cover of The Continent newspaper dated 23 May 2026. It is illustrated by Wynona Mutisi. It shows a doctor trying to wrangle and contain the Ebola virus using a lasso. The headline reads: Ebola: short-term panic, long-term neglect.
The Continent@thecontinent.org · 6mo ago

1/ Issue 228 of The Continent is out: Wagner’s info warriors, post-Prigozhin. Leaked docs reveal their influence in 22 African countries. We focus on South Africa, Mali, CAR, Niger & Angola.

The Continent Issue 228 Cover
The Continent@thecontinent.org · 9mo ago

All Protocol Observed Welcome to Issue 218 of The Continent El Fasher has fallen — the last Darfuri city to resist the Rapid Support Forces. After a 500-day siege, the Sudanese army withdrew, leaving 250,000 civilians at the mercy of genocidal militias. bit.ly/218_TC

This is the cover of The Continent, dated 1 November 2025, Issue 218. It’s illustrated by Wynona Mutisi. The headline reads: “Genocide resumes in Darfur as Sudan tears apart.” The artwork shows a map of Sudan and parts of surrounding countries. Within the map’s borders, two distinct regions are coloured differently — the western side (Darfur) in warm orange-brown tones, and the eastern side in soft purplish-pink. Both regions are filled with drawn faces of people, suggesting large populations. The faces in the orange-brown area look somber and weary, evoking suffering and displacement. The faces in the pink area appear calmer, though still serious.
Zoe@zoethorogood.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Little hand drawn animation and banjo theme I made. It's been a year since my brother's passing, it's hard to type stuff so l'll just let the video speak for itself. Thank you for watching. Keep going, enjoy the sandwiches.

Gorilla Highlands Experts@gorillahighlands.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Powerful: current life in Goma (eastern Congo) through the medium of the comic book: “The city is stuck. It is a purgatory that leaves its residents bereft of words.” There’s insecurity and the prices are skyrocketing while local banks are locked out of the national system. The Continent, page 13.

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The Continent@thecontinent.org · 12mo ago

All Protocol Observed Welcome to Issue 210 of The Continent With the state absent and armed groups in control, Goma, in eastern DRC, feels like purgatory. One local artist turns to drawing to capture life in the uncertainty of occupation. Get your copy here: bit.ly/210_TC

This is the illustrated cover of The Continent magazine, Issue 210, dated 23 August 2025. The headline reads: “The Goma blues.” The artwork is vivid and layered, telling a story through images that blend into one another: At the top, there is a large silhouette of a person’s head in profile. Inside the silhouette is a dark scene of someone sitting, knees pulled to chest, depicting despair. Birds fly in the background. Below this, a line of people carrying heavy boxes marches forward, evoking displacement or migration. Flowing from this scene, a young man is shown pushing a giant box. Beneath him, people pull belongings along the ground while others appear to be running from danger in a tense urban setting. Further down, another man is shown mid-leap, as if fleeing, looking fearful. At the bottom of the cover, a schoolboy with a satchel stands facing an imposing figure lying down with eyes closed, possibly symbolizing loss or mourning. Behind them, a city street stretches into the distance under a blue sky with scattered clouds. The background is a warm earthy brown, with an orange circular glow framing the head silhouette at the top. The illustration is by Edizon Musavuli.
Adam Sharp@adamcsharp.bsky.social · last yr.

The Syrian Arabic word for a hamster is أبو جراب (abu jrab), where jrab refers to a pouch/saddlebag/tote. And abu often means “father of,” but can also function as a general honorific (like “mister”). So it’s not too big a stretch to say the Syrian Arabic word for a hamster means “Mister Saddlebags”

A hamster / mister saddlebags with EXTREMELY chubby cheeks
The Continent@thecontinent.org · last yr.

All Protocol Observed Welcome to The Museum of Stolen History. This season, we profiled eight historical artefacts from every corner of Africa. We call it The Museum of Stolen History, in recognition of the fact that much of Africa’s history has been looted or erased. Read it here: bit.ly/TCMoSH

The cover of The Continent's Museum of Stolen History special edition shows a cabinet of historical artefacts which were looted from the African continent. It was illustrated by Wynona Mutisi. It shows Ngwi Ndem (‘Bangwa Queen’), The Golden Crown, The Rashid (Rosetta) Stone, The Lions of Tsavo, Okukor, The Cullinan Diamond, Kakuungu and Ekori.
Jens Notroff@jensnotroff.com · last yr.

Part 2 in @thecontinent.org's #MuseumOfStolenHistory series covers Tewodros' II, King of Kings of Abyssinia, gold crown - looted during the British Army’s 1868 siege of Maqdala.

Illustration showing, under the title "The Museum of Stolen History", an almost empty museum showcase, now filled with two objects - the golden crown of Tewodros II in the upper centre added to the wooden Ngwi Ndem figure covered in the series' first episode.
The Continent@thecontinent.org · last yr.

The Museum of Stolen History: The Golden Crown, with its stunningly delicate filigree, belonged to Emperor Tewodros II, the King of Kings of Abyssinia. It was the most remarkable artefact looted during the British Army’s 1868 siege of Maqdala, the king’s hilltop fortress capital.