 Godfrey Mwampembwa (GADO) DAILY NATION Nairobi, KENYA | |
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Tanzanian Cartoonist/Illustrator/Designer Godfrey Mwampembwa (GADO) was born on August 6th 1969, . GADO joined Nation Newspapers, the largest Newspaper in East & Central Africa in 1992 as a staff Editorial Cartoonist and illustrator after freelancing with a number of Tanzanian Newspapers and magazines, among them DAILY NEWS & BUSINESS TIMES. His cartoons also have been published in NEWAFRICAN and FOCUS ON AFRICA (both UK), DE STANDARD (Belgium), PRESS REVIEW (U.S) and NEW NATION (S.A). GADO has produced cartoons, illustrations, graphics, book covers and posters for various Organisations in Tanzania, Kenya and Italy including UN Organisations such as HABITAT and UNICEF. Hešs among 12 cartoonists around the world who contributed in a book, BROADERS (brothers) on NORTH-SOUTH relations produced in 1996 by Dutch Organisation NOVIB. Between 1996-1997 GADO attended a 1 year workshop at FABRICA, a communication RESEARCH Centre in Treviso, Italy. His works have been exhibited in Nairobi, Dar es Salaam, Finland, Holland, Italy & German. Apart from being a painter in Oil & Water Colour, GADO has also done short Animation Videos. He was honoured by International Olympic Media Awards in Print Media in 1996 and became the Kenya International Cartoonist of the year in 1996 - Kisima Awards. | |
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