Artist · Bangladesh

Born 1943

In their own script

“রফিকুন নবী”

Portrait of Rafiqun Nabi
1978Tokai
Born1943
Born inChapai Nawabganj
CountryBangladesh
Workcartoonist
Alsopainter
Comics on record1

Rafiqun Nabi.

cartoonist · painter

Bangladesh, Born 1943

In short

Rafiqun Nabi (born 28 November 1943), better known as Ranabi, is a Bangladeshi artist and cartoonist. He is best known for creating Tokai, a character symbolizing the poor street boys of Dhaka who lives on picking things from dustbins or begging and having a knack of telling simple yet painful truths about current political and socio-economic situation of the country. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 1993 by the government of Bangladesh.

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Biodata

Born
1943, Chapai Nawabganj
Citizenship
Pakistan, Bangladesh, British Raj
Work
cartoonist, painter

Sketchbook

Portrait of Rafiqun Nabi

TOKAI1978
Bibliography

1 works, decade by decade