COVER STORY 34 FOR ADVERTISING ENQUIRIES, CALL: +233 202 762 704 (WEST AFRICA) +256 712 619812 (EAST AFRICA) PC TECH | SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 2010 | pctechmagazine.com AXXHIRA CREATED AND WRITTEN BY Richard Boateng, PhD CONSULTING MANGA PRODUCER Jerome Tabiri GRAPHICS AND ILLUSTRATION Joshua Amenyo BRAND MARKETING AND PRODUCT PLACEMENT Michael Nkum PRINT AND WEB EDITOR Albert Mucunguzi EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Richard Boateng <strong>and</strong> Jerome Tabiri www.axxhirachr<strong>on</strong>icles.com
Chr<strong>on</strong>icles A Pearl Richards C<strong>on</strong>cept SUMMARY My name is Axxhira I come from Nertuh in the galaxy of Zinkje My family has defective gene 13 hours ago I flew to earth, to Tehani, Ghana In search of the Axxi<strong>on</strong> Flower to save my dying mum I found the Axxi<strong>on</strong> Flower But it is soul of people Tehani, it holds the balance of life in Tehani A herbal secret from the age of time My presence has let out the secret Now I cannot take the flower from the people of Tehani And my presence <strong>on</strong> earth has brought the attenti<strong>on</strong> of the world The world is coming for the Axxi<strong>on</strong> Flower The people of Tehani are defenseless By Nertuh-earth treaty, I need to leave in 36 hours I have <strong>on</strong>ly 23 hours left If I leave, who protects the people of Tehani If I stay I break Nertuh-Earth Treaty If I stay my presence may start war If I stay I may save the people of Tehani <strong>and</strong> the Axxi<strong>on</strong> Flower If I stay leave without the flower, my mum will die <strong>and</strong> I will also die I am AXXHIRA, I am not afraid to take a st<strong>and</strong>! WHICH STAND WILL IT BE? BACKGROUND Axxhira Chr<strong>on</strong>icles explores the complicated choices embedded in the quest of achieving sustainable development through openness access <strong>and</strong> collaborati<strong>on</strong>. The story centers <strong>on</strong> the promise of herbal medicine amidst the politics of ownership, c<strong>on</strong>trol <strong>and</strong> commercializati<strong>on</strong>. The story asks the questi<strong>on</strong>, how can resource-poor c<strong>on</strong>texts ensure that they are the prime beneficiaries of their few but unique <strong>and</strong> scarce resources – herbal medicine-, whiles opening up for collaborati<strong>on</strong> to maximize <strong>and</strong> sustain the value? The story, set in 2999, takes place in two distinct worlds – <strong>on</strong>e being, Nertuh, <strong>and</strong> the other being Earth. Nertuh is a planet in a distant galaxy called Zinkje. Zinkje has 18 planets <strong>and</strong> Nertuh is the 5th largest <strong>and</strong> the hub of the galaxy’s scientific discoveries. The people of Nertuh, Nertuhaxx, are scientists, c<strong>on</strong>sistently researching <strong>on</strong> ways of sustaining resources <strong>on</strong> their planet. Our story begins when a ten year old female Nertuha, AXXHIRA, begins a journey to earth to find a herbal flower which can be used to develop medicine to save her ailing mother, Noixxa. Axxhira <strong>and</strong> her mother, have a defective gene which makes them die at the Nertuha age of 20 years. Through her cyber investigati<strong>on</strong>, Noixxa, THE DOUBLE ISSUE | www.pctechmagazine.com AXXHIRA A Nertuha, with a defective gene, seeking the Axxi<strong>on</strong> Flower to save her mum <strong>and</strong> herself. Axxhira is a strategist, bridges her knowledge <strong>on</strong> plant medicine with tactical warfare. She wears belt of knives <strong>on</strong> her right thigh. PROF. RICHARD MUCUNGUZI The lead research scientist at African Center for Bio <strong>and</strong> Plant Medicine, Ug<strong>and</strong>a. He c<strong>on</strong>sults <strong>on</strong> plant medicine for the African uni<strong>on</strong>, governments <strong>and</strong> Japanese pharmaceutical companies. Prof. Mucunguzi is currently working with the Thai Intelligence Agency <strong>and</strong> Japanese government <strong>on</strong> Project H. EDOKIN An intergalactic Nertuha traveler <strong>and</strong> anthropologist. He has travelled through 12 of the 18 planets of the galaxy of Zinkje <strong>and</strong> is currently travelling with Axxhira in search of the Axxi<strong>on</strong> Flower. This is his sixth trip to earth. Edokin is literate in 26 languages including 15 languages spoken <strong>on</strong> Earth. JOXX TWIN The youngest general in the Nertuha Cyber Army (NCA) <strong>and</strong> the head of security for Axxhira’ trip to Ghana. He specialized in plasma weap<strong>on</strong>ry <strong>and</strong> cofounded a company to produce plasma guns for the NCA. OLD SAGE Old Sage is the leader of the keepers of Tehani Forest where the Axxi<strong>on</strong> Flower can be found. The keepers explore the medicinal properties of the Axxi<strong>on</strong> Flower into local herbal drugs for the people of Tehani. WINNY BeDIANA Winny is the research assistant of Prof. Richard Mucunguzi. She has a PhD in Bioinformatics & Genome <strong>Technology</strong>. She is savvy <strong>and</strong> has a photographic memory. who works in the Nertuha Scientific Academy for Exotic Species (NSAES), discovers that the herbal flower, Axxi<strong>on</strong>, can be found in Tehani, a village in Eastern Ghana. Noixxa is at the Nertuha age of 19 years <strong>and</strong> has 8 m<strong>on</strong>ths to her death in the year 3000. Against the wishes of her mum, AXXHIRA sells off her property to hire a ship to earth in search of the flower Axxi<strong>on</strong>. On reaching earth, she finds the Axxi<strong>on</strong> flower <strong>and</strong> but the flower also plays a key role in the balance of life in Tehani. C<strong>on</strong>fr<strong>on</strong>ted with an ethical decisi<strong>on</strong>, she decides to ab<strong>and</strong><strong>on</strong> the missi<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong> return to Nertuh. However, her presence has let out the secret about the Axxi<strong>on</strong> Flower. It draws the attenti<strong>on</strong> of leading plant scientists in Africa, the African Uni<strong>on</strong>, the Thai-Japanese Intelligence, <strong>and</strong> traditi<strong>on</strong>alists from Tehani. By Nertuh-Earth treaty she has <strong>on</strong>ly 36 hours to stay <strong>on</strong> Earth for each travel. Now the world is coming for the Axxi<strong>on</strong> Flower. The people of Tehani are defenseless. Who will protect them from the potential resource exploitati<strong>on</strong> from the world? Axxhira has to leave <strong>and</strong> c<strong>on</strong>tinue the quest for a drug to save her mum <strong>and</strong> herself. But is there anything she can do help Tehani? Will she stay, help Tehani <strong>and</strong> risk a war between Nertuh <strong>and</strong> Earth? The Axxhira Chr<strong>on</strong>icles Comic begins… January 2011 Keep your dial <strong>on</strong> www.axxhira.com <strong>and</strong> www. axxhirachr<strong>on</strong>icles.com GENERAL T The new head of the Thai Intelligence Agency. He does not agree with the Nertuh-Earth treaty <strong>and</strong> is seeking for an opportunity to abrogate the treaty. He is currently working with Prof. Richard <strong>on</strong> Project H. Project H is bio-intelligent espi<strong>on</strong>age technology. SEPTEMEBER - OCTOBER 2010 | PC TECH COVER STORY 35 35
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