TingaTinga is a painting style that developed in the second half of 20 century in the Oyster Bay area in Dar es salaam, Tanzania and later spread to most East Africa.
The genre is named after its founder, Tanzanian Painter Edward Said TingaTinga. Edward TingaTinga began painting around 1968 in Tanzania. When TingaTinga died in 1972, his style of painting was so popular.
TingaTinga is traditionally made on Masonite, using several layers of bicycle paint which makes for brilliant and highly saturated colours.
