READ ABOUT 70 ARTISTS IN 5 LANGUAGES

To read more about artists, please choose Abstract, Sculptors or Tingatinga on the left menu.

Tingatinga are the colourful paintings using the enamel paints on canvas. The style is new – It started in 1968 by a man called Mr. Tingatinga. Now many hundreds painters in Tanzania use this style.

www.tingatinga.info (external link)

Makonde is very famous carving style. Makonde is related to a tribe Makonde living in South Tanzania. It is modern art style but it has roots in traditional mask carving. Usually the sculptors use the hard and dark ebony tree. Some Makonde sculptors are as high as 3 meters – especially Ujamaas.

www.tanzanian-art.de (external link)

Abstract art in Tanzania is accosiated with a vibrant modern fine art scene. Each artist has its own style but they all have distinguished African flavour. So there is not much western influence in Tanzania. Afrum is informal network of these artists. Some artists have got their own webpages (external links)

www.eliajengo.com  - prof. Elias Jengo
www.kilaka.com - Story teller John Kilaka
www.lilanga.org - George Lilanga