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MAURUS MICHAEL MALIKITA (Maurus Mikael Malikita), 1967
BIO Maurus Malikita was born in 1967 in Nachingwea, Tanzania. He is married and has two sons. Malikita is a successfulll Tingatinga painter who is not of Makua origin, he is Mwera.
source: "Tinga Tinga, the popular paintings fom Tanzania", Y. Goscinny and "Art in Tanzania 1999", Y. Goscinny
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Trained
as a carpenter, Malikita worked as one until 1988 when he joined
the Tingatinga Arts Cooperative (TACS). Caotic cities, street
vendors and public hospitals are amongst his favorite themes which
he depicts in a cartoonish style.|
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