Fahari Mazera Safari, widely known as Astro, is a Kenyan animator, concept artist, and cultural researcher based in Kilifi. His creative journey began at a very young age, shaped by the rich artistic and cultural environment in which he was raised. Immersed in oral storytelling, traditional practices, and expressive art forms, he found early inspiration that continues to define his practice today.
Astro’s work explores the fusion between forgotten pasts and imagined futures. He weaves indigenous symbols, sacred practices, and lost traditional narratives into contemporary visual expressions, primarily through animation and conceptual design. His artistic vision is rooted in the preservation and revival of alternative oral histories while also crafting new stories he calls “the oral stories of tomorrow.”
Positioning his practice as a bridge between memory and imagination, Astro is deeply passionate about using art as both a vessel of cultural preservation and a speculative tool for envisioning African futures. Grounded in indigenous philosophies, aesthetics, and rhythms, his storytelling whether in stop-motion, mixed media, or digital art aims to provoke, awaken, and connect.
For Astro, art is more than a medium; it is a vessel of truth, resistance, and regeneration across past, present, and future.