Salum
MUSSA
("Mzee Lumumba") (1926 - 1999) [view
available works from this artist]
Born in Nakapanya in 1926,
Salum Mussa came to Dar-es-Salam at a young age in 1943.
He is one of Edward Saidi
Tingatinga's cousins and was already working in Msasani,
Dar-es-Salaam, when Tingatinga decided to come to the
capital. Tingatinga benefited of his cousin Salum's hospitality
for several years. It is only in 1973, after Tingatinga's
death, that Salum Mussa decided to start painting. He
had seen his cousin painting so many times he did not
need more teaching. He has since become one of the leading
masters of the Tingatinga
School.
Until
Salum Mussa passed away in 1999, he could be found painting
every day at the TACS centre at Morogoro Stores in Dar-es-Salaam.
source: "Tinga Tinga, the popular
paintings fom Tanzania", Y. Goscinny
Salum Mussa
GALLERY
Salum
Mussa "Leopard"
