I never cease to be inspired by the ingenuity, creativity and occasional surrealism of Tanzania’s dukas. This from Utende, Mafia Island.
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face of the king
Posted in drawing, tagged coastal tanzania, duka, mafia island, utende on January 31, 2013 | 1 Comment »
anjuman islamia building demolished
Posted in drawing, tagged abbasi, anjuman islamia, bibi titi, dar es salaam on August 13, 2012 | 1 Comment »
The 1920s saw two ambitious attempts to bring together Dar’s disparate Muslim communities. Anjuman Islamia, founded by Muhammad Omar Abbasi, a Sunni newspaper publisher, was backed chiefly by Punjabi funding and acted as a social welfare body which also sought to coordinate Islamic affairs.
Sadly this 1937 building on Bibi Titi Mohamed Road was demolished in recent weeks.
habib punja star, 1938
Posted in drawing, tagged aggrey street, dar es salaam, demolition, habib punja on July 11, 2012 | 1 Comment »
This building stood on the corner of Aggrey Street and Indira Gandhi Road until its demolition in 2008. Habib Punja was one of Dar’s leading Asian businessmen in the 1930s and 40s. Starting as a retailer, he set up a soap factory in 1933, moved into milling in 1941 and later acquired interest in building materials and urban property. The family also built the Sun and Sands Hotel (now accomodation for Selander Bridge Police).
who’s got the power?
Posted in drawing, tagged bajaji, power, tanzania, VX on June 14, 2012 | 1 Comment »
asante goethe-institut
Posted in drawing, tagged dar es salaam, foleni, goethe, markes, painting on May 29, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Asante sana to goethe-institut and everyone who came to the exhibition opening! The show continues until June 8th. Karibuni wote.
(foleni – kiswahili term for traffic jams, derived from Dar drivers tendency to create ‘four lanes’ out of one where possible… or impossible)
Darkhana Jamatkhana
Posted in drawing, tagged dar, jamatkhana, khoja ismaili, mosque street, tanzania on April 26, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Built in 1930, this striking building on Mosque Street was a major centre of activity for the Khoja Ismaili community up to the 1960s along with the Aga Khan Library built in 1934, and Aga Khan Girl’s School in 1935.
think pink
Posted in drawing, tagged architecture, dar es salaam, jamhuri street, national housing, tanzania on February 23, 2012 | 1 Comment »
After using evasive artistic license for a while, I finally relented to portraying NHC pink. In fact it almost suits this curvaceous building on the corner of Jamhuri and Mwisho street.
super
Posted in drawing, tagged dar es salaam, fuel, super on February 9, 2012 | 1 Comment »
my sentiments precisely when i finally found some fuel after a late night traipse round several garages
selander bridge
Posted in drawing, tagged dar es salaam, selander bridge police, sun and sands, tanzania on January 19, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Built in 1949 by the Punja family, this used to be the Sun and Sands Hotel. Currently a fetching shade of NHC coral pink and inhabited by Selander Bridge Police, it is a stunning landmark of Dar.
VX bajaji
Posted in drawing, tagged bajaj, street level, tanzania, tuk tuk on December 22, 2011 | 1 Comment »
wishing you all a lovely christmas and utterly fabulous start to 2012
