In 2022 it will be 100 years since Marc Sleen was born and 75 years since his most famous comic strip Nero first appeared. On the occasion of this anniversary the Marc Sleen Foundation confronts the postcolonial work of Marc Sleen with the self-conscious comics of nine black cartoonists from the African continent and from the diaspora living in Europe: Al’Mata – Barly Baruti – Didier Kassaï – Fifi Mukuna – Gilson Kitoko – Jeanpy Lupapa – Judith Kaluaji – Santa Kakese – Thembo Kash