She says female artists face challenges in Tanzania as galleries prefer artists with big names and recognition.
It follows the decision by the government not to proceed with the case that members of Tanzania’s artistic sector have heavily criticised.
A new exhibition at the Old Boma in Dar es Salaam offers a fascinating insight into the culture and tradition of the people of the Uluguru mountains.
In our briefing today: Judge suspends Senior Advocate amidst representation of a lawyer who opposed the Tanzania-Dubai port deal; Artists in Tanzania demand creative freedom: ‘We’re being censored’; Tanzania’s activists up in arms over planned ‘Epic Tanzania Tour’ in Ngorongoro; Twenty-five years of struggle: Transport workers and the ‘rights of the wretched’ in neoliberal Tanzania.
The East African nation has seen artists arrested, prosecuted, and their works banned, which they complain fuels self-censorship.
In their song, the musicians also call out the government’s failure to be accountable to citizens.
Authorities should welcome all individual or organisational support for their own efforts and work together to ensure that the money gets to the right people as soon as possible.
Opposition parties CHADEMA and ACT-Wazalendo have already complained that authorities across the country have “baselessly” disqualified thousands of their candidates for the November 27 local government elections, a precursor of what’s to come in 2025.
While people have appreciated the gesture, most of them have called for an independent investigation into the abduction cases
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