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Tuesday, March 2nd 2010
2-6 March 2010. Works in paint on canvas and wood by Spanish painter Miguel Costales, who has spent many years in Tanzania. The exhibition has been organised in partnership with the Spanish embassy. Entry free. more
Photographs by Mwanzo Millinga.
Monday, February 8th 2010
8-26 Feb 2010. Tanzanian photographer Mwanzo Millinga presents images from his personal project Masai Impressions. Born in 1967, Millinga has worked extensively as a photographer in Tanzania, Norway and Sweden. His images touch on such themes as water, gender and climate change and he has become an important advocate for good governance and development. Recent projects in Tanzania include The Life of Young Miners in Mererani and work for the Millennium Development Goals book project New Stories, published by World Press Photo Foundation in April 2008. Millinga will be present at the Goethe-Institut to talk about his work and photography in general on 25 Feb at 19.00. 10.00-17.00. Entrance free. more
Tanzania rides high on fashion.
Saturday, February 6th 2010
Tanzania is making a name for itself in the field of fashion. First stop in February was on home ground in the halls of the Kilimanjaro Kempinski in Dar es Saalem where the annual fashion show packed in a large crowd of the country’s fashion conscious to scrutinise the works of 16 international designers. Further afield in New York at the Mercedes-Benz fashion week from 13-20 February Loin Cloth and Ashes shows its first collection outside Africa, in the African Fashion Collective sponsored by Arise, the best and glossiest of African fashion mags. Loin Cloth and Ashes is the ready-to-wear label of Tanzanian Anisa Mpungwe, daughter diplomats, who now lives most of her time in South Africa after a spell in the UK at the London College of Fashion. The Loin Cloth and Ashes winter 2010 collection was shown in South Africa at the Sanlam fashion week and then on the catwalks in Mozambique where Mpungwe is planning to distribute her label. Tanzanian fashion also made a name for itself at the N-Met Face of African finals in Lagos on 6 February when Lillian Mduda, a student at the University of Dar es Salaam, came in among the top ten finalists. Photo. A Loin Cloth and Ashes design more
Thursday, February 25th 2010
25 Feb 2010. Six Norwegian students and six students from the Bagamoyo College of Arts (TASUBA) come together to perform a mix of traditional music and dance.20.00. Entry free. more
Barazani multicultural night at the Alliance Française
Wednesday, February 17th 2010
17 Feb 2010. The February edition of the monthly Barazani multicultural night at the Alliance Française features Makadem from Kenya, who mixes Ohangla (drum-based traditional Luo music), Nyatiti (Luo lyre music) and dodo (traditional Luo song) with modern African rhythms and Luo-English songs to create a unique African style. There will also be fusion music by four emerging Tanzanian bands and a performance by the Black Lions acrobatics group. The evening ends with a jam session and music video by DJ AF. 19.00. Entry free and there is a cash bar for drinks and snacks. more
Monday, February 8th 2010
8-13 Feb 2010. “Bamboo weaves and straw weaves” is the title of an exhibition organized by the Chinese embassy as part of celebrations for the traditional Chinese Spring Festival or New Year. This year the Chinese community celebrates New Year on 14 February and will usher in the Year of the Tiger. Mon-Sat 10.00-18.00. Entry free. more
Norway – Tanzania – Zambia in concert
Friday, February 5th 2010
5 Feb 2010. Four musicians from Norway, three from Tanzania and three from Zambia perform side by side, mixing traditional and modern music. The concert has been organized in partnership with the Nota Project, a mutual inter-cultural collaboration promotion network involving the Bagamoyo College of Arts (TaSUBa), the Stavanger School of Culture and the department of music and dance at the University of Stavanger in Norway. 19.00. Entry free. more
Horticulture conference by Remi Kahane
Thursday, February 4th 2010
4 Feb 2010. Remi Kahane, executive secretary of the Global Horticulture Initiative (GlobalHort) in Arusha, attempts to answer the question “Do we eat better in town or in the countryside? The lecture will be in French and English. 19.30. Entry free. more
Art camp at the Kilimanjaro Hotel Kempinski
Sunday, January 31st 2010
31 Jan-5 Feb 2010. The renowned Kilimanjaro Hotel Kempinski in Dar es Salaam is playing host to a week-long art camp to promote the work of promising young Tanzanian artists and raise money for charity. Part of the hotel’s Flame Tree Lounge has been turned into a studio where six artists previously selected by interview are making art and displaying their work. The pieces will be available for purchase at a silent auction on 5 Feb; proceeds will be divided equally between the artists themselves and the SOS Children’s Villages in Tanzania as part of the hotel’s social responsibility initiative Help Us Give the Children on behalf of children in need. The camp is being overseen by the Zanzibar-born artist Muzu Sulemanji and its chief patron is Anne Clarke, wife of Tim Clarke, the EU ambassador to Tanzania. On 2 Feb at 11.00 there will be a talk by Professor Elias Jengo of the University of Dar es Salaam on art appreciation and production in East Africa. The hotel mamangement hopes the art camp will become an annual event. more
Saturday, February 13th 2010
13 Feb 2010. Lady Jay Dee, Professor Jay, Marlaw, Bi Kidude, Banana Zorro and Mwasiti are among the Tanzanian musicians set to perform in a concert to raise awareness about the dangers of malaria and how to prevent it. more