Omari AMONDE
(signs OJAJAMONDE) (1940) [view
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Omari Amonde was born
in 1940 in the village of Nakapanya, Tunduru district,
Rovuma Region. He went to Tanga in 1957 to work on a sisal
estate and in 1960 he came to Dar es Salaam for the first
time looking for work. In 1972 Omari Amonde definitely
settles in the capital.
Omari
Amonde is "half brother" of E.S. Tingatinga
and the oldest of all Tingatinga
painters still active. He worked with E.S. Tingatinga
in 1972 until Tingatinga's death. Amonde is considered
as the very last legitimate heir of Tingatinga's heritage
and his currently Chairman of the TACS.
source: "Tinga Tinga, the popular
paintings fom Tanzania", Y. Goscinny and "Art
in Tanzania 2000", Y. Goscinny
Selected
Exhibitions
Omari Amonde
GALLERY
Omari Amonde at his studio
in Dar es Salaam (c) 2006
