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who have created sculptures that are fascinating and full of secrets |
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who have created sculptures that are fascinating and full of secrets |
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 Chanuo, about 1990 |
 Thomas Valentino (about 1987) |
 Edward Nangundu |
 Dastani |
 Dastani's first wife |
 Peter Kalulu |
 Madanguo |
 Augustino |
 Atanasi (1990) |
 Samaki (1984)
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| A rare video of a genuine Makonde dance with the use of a Makonde Mask, taken in the mid eighties. In these days you could still see elderly Makonde men with traditional tribal scars. | Makonde carver explaining the problems ethnologists were facing back then in trying to understand the Makonde mind and mythology. Taken in the late eighties. |
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The Makonde Carvers of Mwenge,
Dar-es-Salaam
This is a
video-report in five parts, with interviews taken in March 2006.
It features the new generation of Makonde Carvers in Mwenge, the famous artists-village in the north of Dar-es-Salaam. |
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| The Makonde-Exhibition in the National Museum, Dar-es-Salaam, May 2007. The pieces on display are from my personal collection. | ||
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   Anangangola |
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