Visit paintings and craft market Dar es salam

Tingatinga Paintings

 Tanzanian traditional paintings are created using layers of bicycle paint representing physical features and landmarks drawn on canvas material. Formerly they were locally drawn on Masonite and ceiling boards and later Canvases were added using several layers of glossy enamel paint which turned its noticeable outlook brilliant, and very attractive representing local people’s activities and landscape with its exotic animal. Bicycle paint is a good material to use in making clear, vibrant coloured paintings that contain sharp contrasts and still give the ability to work with shade surfaces. The name Tingatinga was derived from the founder of the painting style, a Tanzanian named Edward Said Tingatinga who passed away on 17th May 1972, he left behind his art flying his name to the world, a wife, two children (Daudi & Martina) and six painters who later taught many more other painters.

Mwenge handcraft Market

located along Sam Nujoma Road in the Mwenge area of Dar es Salaam, the factory is a collection of the famous Makonde carvers whose main tribe migrated from Mozambique to the Southern highlands of Tanzania and specialized in carving using Ebony, Mahogany and another type of woods representing their traditional past, present and seasonal activities, their tribe’s myth and lifestyle, traditional matters and other features, spirits, ghost, demon-faced and bodies sculptures.