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Tingatinga

Tingatinga noun: a painting style of East Africa, featuring brilliant colours and using low-cost materials such as masonite and bicycle paint.

Noun

Tingatinga (uncountable)

  1. A painting style of East Africa, featuring brilliant colours and using low-cost materials such as masonite and bicycle paint.

Origin of Tingatinga

Named after Edward Tingatinga, who began painting in this style around 1968 in Tanzania.

Questions about Tingatinga

What does Tingatinga mean?
Tingatinga means a painting style of East Africa, featuring brilliant colours and using low-cost materials such as masonite and bicycle paint.
What part of speech is Tingatinga?
Tingatinga is a noun.

Words near Tingatinga in the dictionary

  1. ting-a-ling
  2. Ting-ts'un
  3. Ting-yüan
  4. tinga
  5. tingaling
  6. Tingatinga
  7. Tingay
  8. Tingays
  9. tinge
  10. tinged
  11. tingedst

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