Kenyans get creative to join manga cosplay craze⁣ ⁣ Cosplay has taken hold in Kenya, where fans must often get creative to dress up as their fantasy heroes. ⁣ ⁣ Thousands attended the latest edition of the Otamatsuri anime and manga convention in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, -- one of the largest in Africa -- with many in extravagant costumes inspired by hits like "One Piece" and "Naruto". ⁣ ⁣ Julius Mokaya, a building caretaker who has twice won the event's costume competition, does not have money to import expensive costumes so relies on cardboard and other material that he salvages from recycling bins. ⁣ ⁣ His modest apartment is full of homemade weapons, masks and accessories, and he spent months designing this year's costume, based on Enjin, from the manga "Gachiakuta", a story about an exile in a dumping ground. ⁣ ⁣ This year's winner, 24-year-old Yvonne Chockey, dressed as Angewomon, an angel character from a Japanese franchise. She, too, had to get her hands dirty, using a hot-...