Salim Busuru

Salim Busuru is a digital artist based in Nairobi, Kenya, with a focus on illustration, animation and games design. He is a founding member and creative director of Avandu Studio in Nairobi, a collective of comic artists and illustrators in Kenya telling African narratives through visual art. Avandu is the creative studio behind the comics Rovik, Beasts from Venus and Dunamis.

#ReadingAfrica | The comics panel

KaDi Yao Tay, Bill Masuku, Ivanka Hahnenberger, Richard Conyngham, Salim Busuru Interviews 2021-12-07

African comics are created for Africans, not the East, nor the West. “I draw myself,” one panellist said. Yet many African comics find their way into Europe, simply because our comics are of international quality.

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