Kingsley Sambo
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Kingsley Sambo (1936-1979) was a Zimbabwean painter and cartoonist.
Sambo received training in the Bulawayo area before joining Frank McEwen's Workshop School in 1957; there he remained until 1973. A pioneer of easel painting in Zimbabwe, he served as a cartoonist for several African newspapers, and was also a jazz guitarist. He took his subjects mainly from everyday life.
Sambo's paintings are in the collections of the National Gallery of Zimbabwe and the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. He died in 1979.
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