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E.S. TINGATINGA, 1932 - 1972

Edward Saidi Tingatinga was the origin of the naive style of painting who would later take his name. Tingatinga started painting in 1968, and although his career was ended prematurely in 1972, his style inspired his five students and then his followers to establish the Tingatinga School of Painters that continues to florish today. The Tingatinga movement constitutes a genuine form of contemporary art, original to Tanzania.

source: "Tinga Tinga, the popular paintings fom Tanzania", Y. Goscinny

Edward Tingatinga at his studio

[video on the tingatinga school here]