Phillip (Nelly) Ndunguru

In 1978, Phillip Ndunguru began his career as a painter and later became the most respected comic artist in Tanzania. He worked as chief cartoonist on Sani Magazine, a popular Tanzanian comic book creating the original Tanzanian comic characters still depicted today including, Dr Love Pimbi, a smooth talking womanizer. In the 80s he worked in Nairobi for the Kenya Times, producing a comic strip called Kazibure.

In his short life, Ndunguru made a significant impact on the art scene in Tanzania. He was an inspiration to other cartoonists, including the Nation’s Tanzanian cartoonist Gado.

Ndunguru exhibited his work at the Goethe-Institut and Forodhani Hotel in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania where the exhibition sold out, and in Zimbabwe, Sweden and Kenya.