The Simpsons get African makeover

The Simpsons, America's best known animated family, have been given an African makeover to celebrate the first time the comedy cartoon is broadcast on the continent.

Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie received a cultural transformation by an advertising agency in Angola to mark the occasion, in which they were given brown skin instead of their usual yellow.



To make them appear more like a typical Angolan family, Marge has also been given a black Afro hairstyle instead of normal blue bouffant, while Lisa's hair is stood up on end in short braids.

The image also shows the family dressed in clothes bearing traditional African designs and they are all wearing flip flops. The programme, in which their original features will be kept, will be shown on Africa's digital satellite television service DStv.