Young Nelson

The Young Nelson superhero comic book series follows the life of unemployed university graduate, boxing prodigy, and titular hero Thabo “Young Nelson” Moafrica. A twenty one year old polymath, poet,
author, community leader and entrepreneur blessed with a genius level intellect, peak physical conditioning, and a voracious appetite for reading.
Young Nelson, is a good natured African youth, living in present day South Africa’s’ fictional Hero- City District in the North West province. His adventure begins one day after coming back from yet another failed job interview.
Young Nelson, performs an act of kindness, giving his last bit of money to an old lady, who he will later come to know as Mama Africa/Mofeleina (The Name Giver) an Oracle, of great power unlocking within Young Nelson’ a latent energy that had lay dormant within the collective human consciousness for over 5000 years.
This act sets off a chain reaction of events that will change the course of history for Africa and the world forever and lead Young Nelson on an epic adventure across a series of challenges. Where destiny dictates he will emerge as the world’s greatest superhero, and unite all of mankind in the spirit of Ubuntu (Humanity).

About the Author:
Born on the 17 July 1991 in the village of Tlhakong Mabeeskraal in the North West, Rustenburg “the Platinum Province” Phemelo Dibodu, the third of five children, attended primary school at Selly Park Primary, and Grenville secondary School respectively where he took an interest in English, music, religious studies. Phemelo honed his leadership skills as a hybrid class rep/ clown, undisputed talking champion, soccer loving, armchair revolutionary class valedictorian passionate about hip-hop music; breakdancing, and rap which he credits as the creative medium that allowed him to understand comic books and American popular culture, in a very unique and nuanced way.
Comic Book art is the vehicle that allows him to create such larger than life characters such as Young Nelson, his arch nemesis “ The Face” and many more wonderful authentic African characters in what he and his brother and business partner call “the Rainbow Nation Universe” A Wonderful World of make believe , where African fantasy comes alive.
About The Illustrator:
Born 17 October 1994 in North West Rustenburg, the younger brother to Phemelo, Omphile Dibodu is a marketing and communications specialist, one half of the Dibodu brother’s Rainbow Nation Comics, visual, digital, performance as well as voice over artist.
Growing up as a creative at heart in Thlokweng, Silverans, and raised by his grandmother, he was always surrounded by family and various forms of art and artists who would shape his overall perspective on the world, creatively. Full of all the rich lessons that only his roots could bring he would then begin to ask himself, what kind of creative he wanted to be...
With more questions than answers at the time, and wondering what next to do with all of his creative talents during his matric year, he would decide to spend the next 5 years studying Marketing Management at the University of Johannesburg. It may sound odd for someone who grew up surrounded by the arts would then decide to study Marketing Management instead of his area of gifting, sure enough a question posed by his academic peers to which he’d often reply that “he found it odd to spend the next years something he knew he was good at and rather wanted to acquire knowledge in marketing because he realised that from a very young age that most artist never really develop that skill, the knowledge to turn their one of a kind intellectual properties into an influential brand.
After obtaining his B.Com Honours in Marketing Management qualification from the University of Johannesburg, he decided to come together with his older brother, Phemelo Dibodu, to create a special story about their small hometown of Rustenburg in the North West province, affectionately known as Hero City through their flagship comic and audio book title series “Young Nelson”, inspired by the life and words of Tata Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela and many other great African heroes that came before him.

What's in the box
1 x Young Nelson Book