Cynthia Littleton Business EditorLupita Nyong’o was moved to tears the first time she got a look at “Super Sema,” an animated series about a 10-year-old Kenyan girl with superpowers.The Oscar-winning actor not only joined the voice cast of the series, which bows today on the YouTube Originals platform in conjunction with International Women’s Day, she also became an equity partner in its female-led, Nairobi-based production company Kukua.“I am grateful that these women are helping to eradicate the scarcity of Black female protagonists in television and am honored to work alongside them,” Nyong’o told Variety.“How apt,” she adds of the decision to unveil “Super Sema” on the day set aside to mark the accomplishments of women around the.
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