Each day, another road is tarred over and a new multi-story building begins to inch its way up into the sky. Soon, I fear, the limestone pocked roads will be a thing of the past, the sky-scrapers will block the sea breezes, and we’ll lose Dar’s identity as a sea-side city – all in the [...]
Archive for February, 2010
defending dar’s identity
Posted in writing, tagged dar es salaam, identity, roald dahl on February 23, 2010 | 2 Comments »
chupi
Posted in drawing on February 20, 2010 | 1 Comment »
sorry, couldn’t resist this – gotta love these hangers…
homage to the signwriters of dar
Posted in drawing, tagged dar es salaam, illustration on February 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »
suggestions of interesting/ quirky / beautiful / intriguing / random / amusing signs you have seen would be very welcome too (especially hand painted ones)…
any suggestions?
Posted in drawing, tagged architecture, dar es salaam, heritage on February 10, 2010 | 12 Comments »
Do you have a favourite building or place in Dar es Salaam that you think i should draw? If so, do let me know… Wouldn’t this building make a wonderful studio, coffee shop, book shop, lounge bar… oh dreamy on…
an excerpt from ‘Imbeciles’
Posted in writing on February 6, 2010 | 1 Comment »
My empty stomach grumbled again. I looked outside and saw food sellers preparing to sell under the shades of a mango tree, waiting eagerly for the bell to ring. The chattering women were unloading from their heads baskets, buckets and trays ladden with food. I watched as Mama Maandazi, as she was called by the [...]
maybe you prefer mangoes…
Posted in drawing on February 2, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Aside from pushing fruit, also some shameless advertising… this image is part of an evolving series of postcards and prints available from the ’Green Room’ at the Slipway when it re-opens next week!
