Zanzibar Film Festival presenting Safari ya Gwalu
Music and Arts Programs Film Production Every year, Zanzibar holds an international film festival for one week, usually in July,…
Music and Arts Programs Film Production Every year, Zanzibar holds an international film festival for one week, usually in July,…
Three months ago the house of Art in Tanzania in Dar Es Salaam opened its own fair-trade shop…
Suleiman Mauly was a normal child, who liked playing football and was good in school. In school he felt bored and started to hang out with the “wrong” people and using drugs. After a while he became an addict. He says he ended up hurting himself and others more than he could ever imagine…
When you pass between tens of little stores and boutiques selling imported shoes and clothes from Asia and all the pirated DVDs salesmen, you can find a true gem in the streets of Dar Es Salaam. Behind the red gates exists Wonder Workshop. This craft shop was founded in 2005 by Paul Joynson-Hicks and its business model is pure genius…
Creating traditional African art on Bahari Beach may sound like the dream job, but 29 year old Musti has been working hard at his artist’s studio, Zamani Sanaa, Swahili for ‘Old Art’ for over a year and a half. Painted using water colours and oil paints on canvas, the Tingatinga style which he uses is very popular with art lovers, so Musti’s workshop is gradually growing as a successful business as he makes contacts, and his studio/gallery becomes more well-known in the area…