Born in Tanzania, grew up in Kibaha, suburb of Dar es Salaam, Godfrey Semwaiko is a visual artist dealing with paintings, sculptures and digital arts including interactive books, animations, graphic design, and video production. He always loves to work with children creating visual images for them in books and with them as an artist in residence. His paintings and illustrations have been shown in several exhibitions locally and internationally, including Black History Month in Siena College, New York. His projects as a Children’s Book Illustrator, Designer, and Animator have won recognition from UNESCO, Heinemann-UK, Water Aid project, Siren -UK (environmental Project,), FEMA magazine (Local HIV Advocacy project,), Mkuki na Nyota Publishers to name a few.