Yves Sambu is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Kinshasa in visual art since 2006. He studied painting but decided to devote himself particularly to photography and video. He joined with fellow students after graduation to form the collective SADI (Solidarité des Artistes pour le Développement Intégral—Solidarity of Artists for Integral Development), founded in 2005. This group is characterized by its social consciousness and action.