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SHOW #36

Godfrey Mwampembwa - "Gado"

The Tanzanian-born, Kenyan-based cartoonist started drawing at age fifteen and was soon freelancing for newspapers and magazines including Dar es Salaam’s Daily News, Business Times and The Express. Since 1992, Gado has worked as an editorial cartoonist and illustrator for the Kenyan-based Daily Nation, the largest newspaper in East and Central Africa. His work explores a wide range of topics, from terrorism and deforestation to HIV/AIDS and corruption. Gado is also the author and illustrator of the Abunuwasi comic book and cartoon; he is also the visionary behind Kenya’s television satire puppet show, “XYZ.”