Jaffary Mimus was born in 1962 in Nakapanya village like many other painters. He started to paint in 1983 Mr. Hashim Bushir teached him to paint. His tribe is Makua from southern part of Tanzania. Now he lives in Msasani Dar es Salaam with his family and he has one child. He likes to paint different animals. He had an exhibition in National Museum of Tanzania.