Posters and billboards, new and old, Zain, Zantel, Vodacom, Tigo, crowd the wall competing for space with the frayed faces of politicians from the recent 2010 elections, leaving no empty spot. Drenched and torn, the posters were meant to be taken down many months ago, but stay on… A newspaper seller sits waiting for a customer [...]
Archive for January, 2011
d’aroma
Posted in writing, tagged art, dar es salaam, dar sketches, nahida esmail, news, streel level on January 27, 2011 | 1 Comment »
dukas
Posted in artist comment, tagged art, dar es salaam, drawing, duka, shop on January 10, 2011 | 1 Comment »
There is something reassuringly generic about most local dukas. A battered fridge full of sodas, an assortment of cigarettes with a lighter on a string, sachets of soap powder, tea, shampoo and cooking oil, blocks of brightly coloured soap and tubs of even more brightly coloured sweets, a few brooms, pots of indestructible Blue Band [...]
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