Mbwana Sudi was born in 1960 in Mchungwa village in Coastal region of Tanzania. He is Zaramo by tribe. He learned to paint from his friend Mr. Saidi. His paintings were exhibited in National Museum of Tanzania. He began to paint in 1978. He likes to paint different animals like zebra, elephant and birds. At the moment he lives in Mbagala in Dar es salaam.