‘Super Sema’ Animated Series Premieres on YouTube

Check out “Super Sema,” Africa’s first kid superhero! YouTube Originals delivers five new episodes of its new animated series featuring a young superhero African girl named Sema. The newest adventures of this free-to-stream series are available Friday, March 26 at 8:00AM PT / 11AM ET and additional new episodes will continue to roll out into April, only on the YouTube Originals for Kids & Family channel.

Fueled by STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) super powers, the series follows the world-changing journey of an extraordinary young African girl, Sema, who lives in the neo African-futuristic community of Dunia.

In these five episodes, Sema and her twin brother MB use their “technovating” powers to save their town of Dunia from a heartless robot uber villain by “dreaming up the craziest ideas and believing in them” from their secret lab. Some of their adventures and inventions include gigantic elephant toothpaste to win the STEAM fair; making Babu’s dream to walk on the moon come true and launching a viral cooking show to save Ms. Pum Pum famous mandazis!

WHEN: Friday, March 26 @ 8am PT / 11am ET

WHERE: Super Sema’s Official YouTube Channel

MORE: From Kukua, a multidisciplinary media and technology startup that combines entertainment and education to inspire today’s generation of children, Super Sema was written by four-time BAFTA winner Claudia Lloyd (Charlie & Lola, Mr. Bean, Tinga Tinga Tales), directed by Lynne Southerland, the first female African-American director for Disney (Mulan II) with Lupita Nyong’o lending her voice as a major character in an upcoming two-part episode, as well as the official Super Sema trailer.