Barbara Brandon-Croft

**Barbara Brandon-Croft** (an haife ta a ranar 27 ga Nuwamba, 1958)  ƙwararriyar mai zane-zane ce ta Amurka,  wacce aka fi sani da ƙirƙirar fim ɗin barkwanci mai suna *Where I'm Coming From*, da kuma kasancewarta mace ta farko da ta fara yin zane mai ban dariya a ƙasa baki ɗaya.   

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi Brandon-Croft a Brooklyn, New York,  ga Brumsic Brandon Jr. Mahaifinta kuma mai zane-zane ne kuma shi ne ya ƙirƙiri fim ɗin barkwanci *na Luther* wanda aka fara watsawa daga 1970 zuwa 1986 a ƙarƙashin jaridun Los Angeles Times Syndicate .    An ce ita da mahaifinta su ne kawai suka nuna cewa masu zane-zanen jarida na uba da 'ya mace ne kawai suka bayyana. 

A lokacin da take jaririya, iyalinta sun ƙaura zuwa wata unguwa da yawancin 'yan Afirka baƙaƙe ke zaune a New Cassel, New York .  A lokacin da ake raba yara ƙanana da yara a makaranta, an kai ta motar bas zuwa wata makarantar firamare da ke kusa da Westbury, New York . 

Ta halarci Kwalejin Fasaha ta Kayayyaki da Wasanni a Jami'ar Syracuse .   A shekarar 1982, ta ƙirƙiri wani fim mai ban dariya ga *Elan*, mujallar mata baƙaƙe.  Daga baya ta shiga ma'aikatan mujallar  a matsayin marubucin salon kwalliya da kwalliya. Ta kuma ƙirƙiri zane-zane ga *[[Rikicin|The Crisis]]*, wanda NAACP ta buga; da kuma na *The Village Voice* da MCA Records . 

Hazakar Brandon-Croft ta bunƙasa ta hanyar halitta. Tun tana ƙarama ta taimaka wa mahaifinta da barkwancinsa a madadin samun izini. An fara gane ta da fim ɗin barkwancin nan Where I'm Come From . Daga baya ta yi wasu zane-zane, ciki har da Sista Girl-Fren Breaks It Down... When Mom's Not Around . Brandon-Croft shi ma ya ƙirƙiri jerin katunan gaisuwa masu zane don OZ.

## ''Daga Ina Zuwa''
Brandon-Croft ya fara buga littafin *Where I'm Coming From* tun daga shekarar 1989 a cikin *Detroit Free Press* .   Wannan fim mai ban dariya ya bi diddigin abubuwan da mata 'yan Afirka-Amurkawa kimanin goma sha biyu suka fuskanta   kuma yana ba da haske game da ƙalubalen zama mace 'yar Afirka-Amurkawa da ke zaune a Amurka.  Ya ƙunshi haruffa kamar Alisha, Cheryl, Lekesia, Nicole da sauransu.    Waɗannan haruffan sun dogara ne akan Brandon da abokanta na gaske.   

Zane-zanen ba su da sauƙi .  Babu zane-zanen bango, tare da mai da hankali kawai kan haruffa, waɗanda aka wakilta ta hanyar zane-zanen saman jikinsu.  Hakanan ana cire kumfa na magana kuma haruffan suna magana kai tsaye ga mai karatu. 

An fara amfani da *Where I'm Coming From* a matsayin ƙungiyar 'yan jarida ta ƙasa a shekarar 1991 tare da ƙungiyar Universal Press Syndicate,  wanda hakan ya sanya Brandon-Croft mace ta farko mai zane mai ban dariya baƙar fata da aka tallata a duk faɗin ƙasar.     [  Ita ce fim ɗin barkwanci na farko da wata baƙar fata ta shirya a manyan jaridu.  An nuna fim ɗin barkwanci a cikin jaridu sama da sittin tsakanin 1989 da 2004. [2]  Ya bayyana a jaridu a duk faɗin Amurka, ciki har da *Essence*, *The Sacramento Bee*, *The Atlanta Journal-Constitution* da *The Baltimore Sun*, da kuma a cikin *The Gleaner* a Jamaica da mujallar *Johannesburg Drum* .    Brandon-Croft ya daina buga fim ɗin barkwanci a shekarar 2005 bayan da biyan kuɗi ya ragu.  

An wakilci ayyukan Brandon-Croft da mahaifinta a cikin Laburare na Majalisa da kuma a cikin bugu na *Mafi kyawun Zane-zanen Edita na Shekara.* 

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Brandon-Croft tana auren Monte Croft, wanda take da ɗa ɗaya, Chase. Tana zaune a Queens, New York.  

## Nunin Nunin

* 2020 *"Har yanzu... Wariyar launin fata a Amurka: Tunani Mai Zurfi a cikin Zane-zanen Banza"* (Medialia Gallery, Birnin New York) — baje kolin haɗin gwiwa tare da Brandon-Croft da mahaifinta Brumsic Brandon Jr.  

* 2022 *"Har yanzu... Wariyar launin fata a Amurka: Tunani Mai Zurfi a cikin Zane-zanen Cartoon"* (Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, Columbus, OH) — nunin haɗin gwiwa tare da Brandon-Croft da mahaifinta Brumsic Brandon Jr. 

* 2024 *"Har yanzu... Wariyar launin fata a Amurka: Tunani Mai Zurfi a cikin Zane-zanen Banza"* (Jami'ar California-Davis Design Museum, Davis, CA) — baje kolin haɗin gwiwa tare da Brandon-Croft da mahaifinta Brumsic Brandon Jr. 

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