Authors Archive • Popular Images

Al’Mata

Alain Mata Mamengi, also known as Al’Mata, was born in Kinshasa. After his studies at the Académie des Beaux-Arts there, he worked as a press illustrator.

Asimba Bathy

Asimba Bathy was born in Watsa and grew up in Kinshasa, where he lives and works as a self-taught comic artist and comic journalist.

Barly Baruti

Baruti Kandolo Lilela was born in Kisangani and now lives and works in Overijse, Belgium. In Europe he is considered one of the most famous contemporary African comic artists.

Judith Kaluaji

Judith Kaluaji Jashita works as an illustrator in Kinshasa, publishes comics and is one of the most promising newcomers to the Congolese comic scene.

Jaspe Saphir Mfumu’eto, also known as “His Majesty the Emperor Papa Mfumu’eto the First”, is one of the founders of the “Popular Comic”, a style inspired by the popular painting of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Rocky Production

Shekinah Kashama Mfuamba, also known as Rocky, was born in Lubumbashi and has lived and worked in Kinshasa as a publisher and scenarist since 1978.

Santa Kakese

Santa Kakese lives and works in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Tétshim

Trésor Tshibangu Tshamala, also known as Tétshim, was born in Kinshasa and grew up in Lubumbashi, where he lives today and works as a graphic designer, comic artist, illustrator and painter.

Thembo Kash

Thembo Muhindo Kashauri, also known as Thembo Kash, is a comic artist, caricaturist and advertising designer.

Yann Kumbozi

Yann Kumbozi Lugemba is a scenarist, illustrator, comic artist and graphic designer.

Jean Kamba

Jean Kamba lives and works in Kinshasa. He holds a Masters in Information and Communication Sciences from the National Pedagogical University of Kinshasa (UPN) and the Faculty of Human Sciences.

Mukenge/Schellhammer

The Congolese-German duo Mukenge/Schellhammer, who curate this project, is an experiment for post-postcolonial theory and practice in contemporary Kinshasa.