page_title: Dar es Salaam
section_title: Art
hierarchical_section_title: Dar es Salaam / Culture / Art
caption_attribution_description: English: The Julius Nyerere Cultural Centre, aka Nyumba ya Sanaa ("House of Arts") in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The gate is a work by the famous tanzanian artist George Lilanga.
context_page_description: Dar es-Salaam is the largest city and former capital of Tanzania. It is the largest city in East Africa and the seventh-largest in Africa, with a population of 12,798,650. On the Swahili coast, Dar es-Salaam is an important economic centre and one of the fastest growing cities in the world.
  Until 1974, Dar es-Salaam served as Tanzania's capital city, at which point the capital city began to move to Dodoma, by order of president Julius Nyerere, which was officially completed in 1996. In 2018, it remains a focus of central government bureaucracy, although this is in the process of fully moving to Dodoma. It is Tanzania's most prominent city in arts, fashion, media, music, film and television and is a leading financial centre. The city is the leading arrival and departure point for most tourists who visit Tanzania, including the national parks for safaris and the islands of Unguja and Pemba.
  It is the capital of the co-extensive Dar es-Salaam Region, which is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions and consists of five districts: Kinondoni in the north, Ilala in the centre, Ubungo and Temeke in the south and Kigamboni in the east across the Kurasini estuary.
context_section_description: Dar es-Salaam (and specifically the area of Oyster Bay) is home to the brightly coloured and tourist-oriented Tingatinga painting style. The Nyumba ya sanaa ("House of Art") is a cultural centre, workshop and shop dedicated to Tanzanian art, showcasing and promoting Tanzanian craftmanship. Prominent Tanzanian sculptor George Lilanga has donated some of his works to the centre, including decorations of the building's main entrance.
caption: The main gate of Nyumba ya Sanaa, with decorations by Tanzanian sculptor George Lilanga
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