Kgo | by Jam Gayo

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JAM GAYO

Jam Gayo is the man behd Kgo, a funny, clever and wty rtoon character that has graced newspaper pag Tanzania for more than three is termed to ensure that rtoons and ics do not die out his now Kgo is spreadg his wgs across the regn - to be published Kenya, Uganda and 's his story.

Jam Gayo is the artist and creator of the Tanzanian ic strip 'Kgo', that is also read Kenya, Uganda and Zambia. Gayo started his clever and wty rtoon character the early 1990s. Gayo se as his duty to ensure that rtoons and ics do not die out his untry.

Wh the aid of the anisatn TWAWZA, Gayo has managed to distribute the Kgo magaze wh tnal ntent long-distance b Tanzania. Gayo is also active as a filmmaker. Through his pany's trag divisn, GABA Art Center, Gayo and his lleagu tra young, aspirg Tanzanian filmmakers.

I am talkg about none other than Jam Gayo (39) the Kgo rtoonist.

€œI choose to have this way simply bee many people speak different languag and havg the rtoons different languag would be a ltle b hectic to me the artist and my rears (fans), ” Gayo says.

Gayo is married to Joyce and together, they are blsed wh two children, a boy and a girl, Katizu, 9 and Loyce, 7 rpectively. Gayo went to school Mwanza om gra one to seven and later joed ordary level tn om standard one to four Mwanza sendary school.

€œI worked wh him as a pater for three years, ’’ Gayo says. From there, I aga enrolled Dar-salaam Natnal Art Counselg College, where I worked as a graphic signer for three years before sopg a scholarship to study graphic sign Swen, ” Gayo was a Uned Natns scholarship and Gayo was one of only two Tanzanians who qualified to study Swen. But they were humouro enough that one uld tell what the rtoon or person the picture was dog, ” Gayo got the talented Tanzanian celebry artist thkg.

€ Gayo says while mg. This is a suatn where humour n be addictive bee of s msage, ” is Gayo’s rponse to if at tim he ns out of ias, Gayo exclaims:“Y! I employ six people my office where we do graphic signg and a monthly Kgo magaze though is published Swahili, ” Gayo says of his wife Joyce is currently the USA pursug a masters tn.

SIR— I thank Mr Jam Gayo, your rtoonist for Kgo.

SIR— I would like to nvey my gratu to Mr Jam Gayo, the Kgo rtoonist. Jam Gayo at work his office. Like many of his followers, Gayo gets baffled at the reactns he gets om those who refe to rencile his persona to that of Kgo.

Kgo is the humoro work of Jam Gayo, 51, whose love for art sce childhood drove him to a near permanent fixture at any given time the pag of leadg publitns the market. Unlike Kgo, Gayo is unbelievably shy, down to earth and unassumg.

“Kgo is funny and never shy, but Gayo is shy, and I thk not as smart as Kgo, but not stupid, ” he tells The Cizen on Saturday an terview.

Gayo explas that the old man Kgo is the reprentatn of an tellectual md that is not only meant to make people lgh, but also te the society on many aspects of life. Although Kgo has remaed the same old guy for many years, Gayo says that chang the society have shaped his thkg.

Gayo reveals that while he mak some earng om his talent, poor support systems that have been the ncern of many other artists have nfed him om makg a scent pay.

Gayo, however, says that he believ natnal strategi that empower artists to get their rightful share of earngs om their work.