Countries & Art Societies - Tanzania
BAGAMOYO COLLEGE OF ARTS
Established in 1987, it offers courses, and a three-year diploma, in drama, dance, music, fine arts and stage technology. Within the college there is also the Bagamoyo Sculpture School.
P.O. Box 32
Bagamoyo, Tanzania
Tel: +255 23 2440032
Fax: +255 23 2440149
E-mail: jabakari@yahoo.com
BAGAMOYO ARTS FESTIVAL
An international art festival established in 1981. At the beginning the aim was to show works of teachers and students from the Bagamoyo College of Arts, but the festival has grown bigger in the past decades. Bagamoyo Art Festival is also a place for artists to meet and share experience. It takes place during the last week of August and the first week of September
P.O. Box 32
Bagamoyo, Tanzania
Tel : +255 23 2440032
Fax: +255 23 2440149
E-mail: arts@africaonline.co.tz or jabakari@yahoo.com
EAST AFRICA ART BIENNALE
A biennial of East African art established in 2003, giving artists who live in East Africa a chance to exhibit and to meet each other in Tanzania.
East Africa Art Biennale Association
P.O. Box 23165
Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Tel: +255-741-261663
E-mail: eastafab@yahoo.co.uk
RAFIKI ART TRUST
Center for art training, research and workshops. International residencies. Associated to the Triangle Arts Trust Network, which organizes international artists’ workshops.
P.O. Box 2141
Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
E-mail: rafikiarttrust@yahoo.com
THE SUKUMA MUSEUM
Located in Kisesa, the it promotes the traditional and contemporary art of the Sukuma people.
Sukuma Museum
Bujora Parish
P.O. Box 76
Mwanza, Tanzania
THE NYUMBA YA SAANA
A cultural center, established in 1972, supporting nearly 200 young artists, with work ranging from batiks to carvings, oil paintings, pottery, weaving and clothing.
Box 4904
Dar Es Salaam
East Africa, 255
Tanzania
Tel/fax: +255-22-2131727
E-mail: Nyumbasanaa@hotmail.com
Information about the Country and Its History
Area: 945,087 sq km
Population: 36,588,225 inhabitants
Capital: Dar es Salaam - note : legislative offices have been transferred to Dodoma, which is planned as the new national capital; the National Assembly now meets there on regular basis.
Other major urban centres: Zanzibar, Mwanza
Currency: Tanzanian shilling (TZS)
Location: Eastern Africa, bordering on the Indian Ocean, between Kenya and Mozambique.
Climate: Varies from tropical along the coast to temperate in highlands
Natural resources: hydropower, tin, phosphates, iron ore, coal, diamonds, gemstones, gold, natural gas, nickel
Export: gold, coffee, cashew nuts, manufactures, cotton
Languages: Kiswahili or Swahili (official), Kiunguju (name for Swahili in Zanzibar), English (official, primary language of commerce, administration, and higher education), Arabic (widely spoken in Zanzibar), many local languages
Average life expectancy: 44.39 years
Population able to read: 78.2%
Religions: on the mainland: Christian 30%, Muslim 35%, indigenous beliefs 35%; on Zanzibar: more than 99% Muslim
GDP: 21.58 billion USD (2003 est.)
GDP per capita: 600 USD (2003 est.)
History
Once called Tanganyika, the region of Tanzania has been an important element in East African trade routes since antiquity. Both the mainland, Tanganyika and the island of Zanzibar were inhabited by a variety of native peoples. Though Arabs and Persians controlled the area at different times, the land that would become Tanzania eventually fell under Portuguese influence - at least as far as coastal trade was concerned (they never did colonize the interior sections of the country). By 1506, the Portuguese claimed the entire coast, although they were driven out by the sultan of Oman, approximately 150 years later.
The Omanis opened up the slave trade, as well as trade in gold, ivory, and gems. During the 19th century, Britain and Germany both cast their eyes on Zanzibar, dividing up the territory so that Zanzibar became a British protectorate and Tanganyika a colony of German East Africa. During World War I, the British and the Germans clashed here in battle. The League of Nations turned over the region to Britain as a mandate in 1920, and later the United Nations made it a British trusteeship. Independence for Zanzibar was achieved in 1963, but a revolt one year later resulted in the wholesale departure of thousands of Arab citizens (and the deaths of thousands more). Tanganyika became independent in 1961, led by Julius Nyerere. Tanganyika united with Zanzibar on the 26th of April, 1964 to form the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar, which was renamed the United Republic of Tanzania on the 29th of October, 1964.
The one-party rule came to an end in 1995 with the first democratic elections held in the country since the 1970s. Zanzibar's semi-autonomous status and popular opposition have led to two contentious elections since 1995, which the ruling party won despite international observers' claims of voting irregularities.
Länder och församlingar - Tanzania
BAGAMOYO KONSTHÖGSKOLA
Bagamoyo konsthögskola grundades 1987 och erbjuder kurser och en treårig utbildning i drama, dans, musik, konst och scenteknik. Inom högskolan fungerar också Bagamoyo skulpturskola.
P.O. Box 32
Bagamoyo, Tanzania
Tel: +255 23 2440032
Fax: +255 23 2440149
E-mail: jabakari@yahoo.com
BAGAMOYO ARTS FESTIVAL
En internationell festival som startades år 1981. I början var det meningen att festivalen skulle presentera de verk som lärarna och studerandena vid Bagamoyo konsthögskola skapat, men nu har festivalen vuxit och blivit ett forum där konstnärer och artister möts och utbyter erfarenheter. Festivalen äger rum den sista veckan i augusti och den första veckan i september.
P.O. Box 32
Bagamoyo, Tanzania
Tel : +255 23 2440032
Fax: +255 23 2440149
E-mail: arts@africaonline.co.tz or jabakari@yahoo.com
EAST AFRICA ART BIENNALE (ÖSTRA AFRIKAS KONSTBIENNAL)
En biennal för östafrikansk konst, grundad år 2003 för att ge konstnärerna i östra Afrika en chans att ställa ut sina verk och möta andra konstnärer i Tanzania.
East Africa Art Biennale Association
P.O.Box 23165
Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Tel: +255 741 261663
E-mail: eastafab@yahoo.co.uk
RAFIKI ART TRUST
Ett center för konstutövning, forskning och workshops med internationella gäster. Fungerar i samarbete med Triangle Arts Trust Network som organiserar workshops för internationella konstnärer.
P.O.Box 2141
Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
E-mail: rafikiarttrust@yahoo.com
SUKUMAMUSEET
Ett museum, som främjar och ställer ut traditionell och nutida konst av Sukumafolket, fungerar i Kisesa.
Sukuma Museum
Bujora Parish
P.O. Box 76
Mwanza, Tanzania
NYUMBA YA SAANA
Ett kulturcenter som fungerat sedan 1972 och som stöder närmare 200 unga konstnärer, vars arbeten består av allt från batik, snideri, oljemålning, porslin, vävning och klädsömnad.
P.O. Box 4904
Dar Es Salaam
East Afrika, 255
Tanzania
Tel/fax: +255 22 2131727
E-mail: Nyumbasanaa@hotmail.com
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