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Swahili (also called Kiswahili; see Kiswahili for a discussion of the nomenclature) is an agglutinative Bantu language widely spoken in East Africa. ...

Kiswahili literature

Some writers include:

Shaaban Robert
Penina Muhando Mlama
Amandina Lihamba
Edwin Semzaba
Euphrase Kezilahabi
Shafi Adam Shafi
Chachage Seith Chachage

Professor Euphrase Kezilahabi is a contemporary Tanzanian novelist, poet, and scholar, born April 13, 1944, in Ukerewe, Tanganyika (now in Tanzania). ...

Music

National anthem

The Tanzanian national anthem is Mungu Ibariki Afrika (God Bless Africa), composed by South African composer Enock Sontonga. The song is also the national anthem of South Africa (with another tune) and Zimbabwe.

Art music

Art musicians include:

Dionys Mbilinyi
John Mgandu
Sabinus Komba
Imani Sanga
Mutayoba
Amri Hingi
Isaac Nyato
Ng'asi
Dani Simile

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Art

Painting

Tanzanian painters include Mohammed Raza, Elias Jengo, and Stephen Ndibalema.

Tingatinga painting

Sculpture

Makonde sculpture

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Category: Tanzanian culture

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Encyclopedia4U - Tanzania - Encyclopedia Article (262 words)
	The United Republic of Tanzania (Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania in Swahili) a country on the east coast of central Africa.
	Shortly after independence, Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged to form the nation of Tanzania on April 26, 1964.
	Tanzania is divided into 25 regions: Arusha, Dar es Salaam, Dodoma, Iringa, Kigoma, Kilimanjaro, Lindi, Mara, Mbeya, Morogoro, Mtwara, Mwanza, Pemba North, Pemba South, Pwani, Rukwa, Ruvuma, Shinyanga, Singida, Tabora, Tanga, Zanzibar Central/South, Zanzibar North, Zanzibar Urban/West, Ziwa Magharibi

Sukuma Culture and Tanzania (2713 words)
	Cultural traditions appear to be spreading through contemporary means and not as a contest between the old and the new.
	Tanzania is one of the only African countries to have been colonized by a European nation and not to have adopted the language of the colonizer.
	The Sukuma and all other Tanzanian cultures are closely united through the national language of Kiswahili which makes it easier for people from different linguistic groups to communicate with the other ethnic groups of Tanzania, the Sukuma also have their own language.

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