Showcase

Work made with AZ Studio

A small, growing selection. Everything here was published deliberately; nothing is pulled from private projects.

Video ads

AZ Studio’s own adverts for its flyer and video-ad service. The software is still private, but the service is open: call or WhatsApp 055 753 5673.

  • Video ad · 59 s

    From flyers to video ads

    A tour of real flyers, menus and video ads made in AZ Studio, set to an Afrobeats score.

    Made with AZ Studio

  • Video ad · 30 s

    How it works in 3 steps

    A stall owner gets a flyer and a video ad through one WhatsApp chat. The chat is a dramatisation.

    Made with AZ Studio

  • Video ad · 47 s

    Esi’s waakye

    People walk past the best waakye in Cape Coast, until Esi gets a flyer and a video ad. Esi and her stall are fictional.

    Made with AZ Studio

  • Video ad · 42 s

    Kojo’s Cuts

    A barber with an empty shop makes one phone call. The characters speak their own lines; Kojo and his shop are fictional.

    Made with AZ Studio

Music videos and stories

Songs and stories brought to the screen in AZ Studio, including work in Kasem, a language of northern Ghana.

  • Music video · 2 min 26 s

    Counting in Kasem

    Amina and her friends count dogs, cats, trees and bowls in a children’s song, with every number on screen as it is sung.

    Song made with Suno · Kasem words from Francis Pwavwe

  • Music video · 3 min 32 s

    De N Lei — Come Learn Kasem

    A bilingual song about passing a language on: a learner asks an elder, says the word twice and teaches it to a child.

    Song and Kasem lyrics supplied by Francis Pwavwe

  • Animated story · 1 min 35 s

    Kofi and the Banku

    Kofi eats twelve balls of banku a night. His doctor says he may have only one a day, and Kofi obeys. Technically.

    Story, voices and pictures made with AZ Studio

Narrated essays

Audio editions of essays from The Pwavwe Papers, with a chapter for each section.

  • Audio edition · 8 min 26 s

    Not Every Useful App Needs to Become a Startup

    An essay arguing that a personal app can be a complete success with one user — and that useful software deserves a measure of value beyond customers and scale. Narrated in AZ Studio, with a chapter for each section.

    Open the player on its own page · audio loads only when you press play.

    Written by Francis Pwavwe · The Pwavwe Papers · Read the essay

  • Audio edition · 10 min 7 s

    If They Had the Power

    A response to a racist post: what happens when contempt gains power, and why anyone’s safety should never depend on someone else’s goodwill. Narrated in AZ Studio, with a chapter for each section.

    Open the player on its own page · audio loads only when you press play.

    Written by Francis Pwavwe · The Pwavwe Papers · Read the essay

Made with generative AI: the pictures, voices and most of the music in these pieces are AI-generated, and the characters in the stories are fictional. Video and audio files load only when you press play. To report a community post, use the contact page.

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