Barly Baruti

Barly Baruti

human

Ein sex anaa gender	male
Country wey e be citizen	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Family name	Baruti
Ein date of birth	9 December 1959
Place dem born am	Kisangani
Languages edey speak, rep anaa sign	French
Ein occupation	comics artist
Copyright representative	reproduction right represented by CISAC-member
Copyright status as creator	works protected by copyrights

Baruti Kandolo Lilela, dem better know am by ein pen name Barly Baruti (born December 9, 1959, insyd Kisangani, insyd wat na ebe de Congo-Léopoldville), be a Congolese (DRC) cartoonist. Na dem describe am by de British Broadcasting Corporation as "the Congolese author best known outside his country".

Biography

He study pedagogy, wey he work for de graphics studio of de French Cultural Centre insyd Kisangani. Der, insyd 1982, he wrep den draw ein first published comic, Le Temps d'agir (Time to Act), for environmental issues. Insyd 1984, he win a comics competition, na dem invite am make he study comics writing insyd Angoulême (France), wey insyd 1987 he work for a few months for de Studios Hergé insyd Brussels. He return to Congo, wer he publish chaw albums, wey he move go Belgium insyd 1992. Insyd 1994, de Cultural Centre insyd Kisangani publish ein album Objectif Terre! (Objective: Earth!), an environmental manifesto. Insyd de late 1990s, he co-produce Eva K, a trilogy of comics albums, plus Frank Giroud, follow by Mandrill, a series of seven albums. For dese works, Baruti "replaced his semi-humorous clear line style with a more realistic one".

Insyd December 2010, na dem invite am make he participate insyd de first international exhibition of African comics, insyd Paris.

Baruti be de co-founder of de Atelier de Création et de l'Initiation à l'Art (Creative Workshop for an Initiation to Art) make e encourage talented youth insyd Kinshasa.