Ajaba Issa

  • Ajaba  Issa
© Tingatinga
Painter
Principal country concerned : Column : Fine arts
Tanzania

Ajaba Issa was born in the Nakapaya village on 6th June 1984. His sister Aweta took him to Dar es Salaam when he was around 16 years old. His older brother Akilimali taught him to paint in 2002 but it was first in 2003 when he entered the Tingatinga Cooperative. Now there are three brothers who paint in Tanzania. Ajaba Issa and Akilimali Issa who paint in Dar es Salaam and Issa Issa who paints in Zanzibar and uses the artistic name Faras.  Ajaba Issa lives in Mbagala in Dar es Salaam.

Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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