Afrika (real name Sergei Bugaev) (born 28 March 1966) is a Russian artist. He was born in Novorossiysk, and in the early 1980s moved to Leningrad, where he became friends with leaders of the art scene there, such as the painter Timur Novikov and musician Boris Grebenshchikov. Shortly thereafter he adopted the artistic moniker "Afrika" and began working as an artist himself. In 1987 he starred as Bananan, the lead character in the groundbreakingly avant garde film Assa by Rus…
