ABSTRACT:

The works of African popular (or "road side") artists have, until lately, been denied adequate scholarly attention, Yet, as unacknowledged social scribes and critics" African popular artists have demonstrated a strong commitment to the chronicling and communication of the shared history of their people, This paper re-examines a number of African popular paintings and cartoon-strip posters in a way that attempts to shed light on them as an art of visual communication that is strongly socially committed