( CNN ) -- Move over Disney -- a Nigerian animator has produced an educational cartoon to teach youngsters about African culture . Tired of African children watching only imported cartoons that did n't reflect their lives , Nigerian animator Adamu Waziri decided to do something about it . His creation is `` Bino and Fino , '' a cartoon aimed at three to five year olds , about a brother and sister who live with their grandparents in an unnamed African city . `` I want to create a brand that 's as good as Dora the Explorer , Charlie and Lola , quality wise , made in Nigeria , that is educational , and also shows positive aspects of Nigerian/African culture , not just to Nigerian or African kids but to kids everywhere , '' says Waziri . The pilot episode celebrated Nigeria 's Independence Day and looked at the issue of colonialism . The cartoon has also had segments teaching the numbers one to 10 in the Nigerian Igbo and Yoruba languages . He adds that he wants the program to `` teach kids and show that the stuff you see on TV of starving people is n't the only thing ( in Africa ) -- you have a middle class here who have the same aspirations as everybody else . '' See also : Meet the Afropolitans . Bino and Fino is n't the only children 's cartoon produced in Africa . `` Tinga Tinga Tales , '' for example , is made in Kenya for the BBC , while `` Jungle Beat '' is produced in South Africa and has been shown internationally . But both cartoons , like many set in Africa , tell stories about the continent 's exotic animals . Waziri was determined to do something different . `` I said I 'm not going do African folk tales , animals -- that 's what you get in ( animated movie ) 'Madagascar ' -- we do n't want to do that , '' he says . `` We want to show a couple of kids in a middle class life , which I know is n't the reality of all the kids in Africa , but let 's show that reality -- the reality of people using laptops , phones , going to school , doing their daily business -- no talking ants , no dancing 'jinga jinga ' music -- just a cartoon of life . '' Two full-length `` Bino and Fino '' episodes have been shown on a channel on Sky TV in the UK , where Waziri says it has been well received . The next step is to attract the funding and sponsors needed to get the cartoon aired in Nigeria . It takes Waziri and his core team of four a month and a half to produce a single episode of Bino and Fino , which is just eight minutes of animation . His says the slow turnaround is off-putting for sponsors in Nigeria , where feature-length Nollywood movies are often produced in a matter of weeks . See also : Nigerian blockbusters for internet generation . Waziri adds that when it comes to entertainment , some Nigerians have a mindset of `` West is best , '' but he is determined to change people 's minds by showing it 's possible to make a credible homegrown alternative to imported programs . He believes that it 's not enough for Africans to complain of being underrepresented in foreign cartoons , or misrepresented by international media -- they must also do something about it . `` People complain that Africa is not represented well in the media , '' says Waziri . `` I understand that , but my point is Nigeria and other parts of Africa are n't poor , you have businessmen , the infrastructure , the ability to link up and make studios , finance it and sponsor it and make the market -- stop waiting for Disney to do it , do it yourself . ''
Nigerian cartoon `` Bino and Fino '' aims to teach children about African history and culture . Creator Adamu Waziri says African children watch only imported cartoons . `` We want to show a couple of kids in a middle class life , '' he says . The series is called " Bino and Fino" because the two main characters are black.