Rashidi Chilamboni

Rashidi Chilamboni

Rashidi Chilamboni was born in 1975 in the small village in south Tanzania called Nakapanya. His father was Makonde sculptor while mother was Makua. He came to the commercial capital of Tanzania - Dar es Salaam in order to paint. He had already his relatives here - Abdallah, Chilambo and Saidi. Rashidi is master of fish and savannah paintings. Though he never visited any national park, he saw animals roaming free around his village Nakapanya. He spotted leopard several times too. He says that it is the source of inspiration to his savannah paintings. Some of his paintings were published such as in the cover of book "Elfenbens Hjärta" (Ebony´s Heart).