Growing up in Ghana, Farida Bedwei felt there was no representation of disability in any of the comics she enjoyed reading.
Now she has created Karmzah, a formidable super hero who – like Farida – is living with cerebral palsy.
She says it was crucial that the crutches which Karmzah uses to walk became a powerful part of her super powers.
She has been speaking to the BBC’s Newsday programme:
Source:Â bbc.com