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November 2021
POETRY & JAZZ
Rhythmic experimentation, melodic innovation, intonations and expressions that can both playfully or profoundly challenge the boundaries of form and style, jazz and poetry are two art forms that can delight just as much as they confound. Artistic cousins and collaborators, jazz and poetry have…
Find out more »December 2021
Sauti Mpya Festival
Join us on 10 & 11 December for the first ever Sauti Mpya Festival, featuring exhibitions, food & drinks, activities, film screenings, and live music performances by Richie Lumambo (@richielumambo ), JFK Band (@kitimejo ), Zawose Sisters (@zawosequeens ) ,…
Find out more »January 2022
NYATITI MEDICINE film Screening & Art Talk
NYATITI MEDICINE(2021) , a docudrama by Mama C aka Charlotte Hill O’Neal and her team of Tanzanian film makers that tells the story of Nia a sufferer of obstetric fistula who triumphs in the end! with several still relevant issues…
Find out more »February 2022
Tukutane Nafasi; Lete Stori, Community meeting & open studio
Tukutane Nafasi Lete Stori a unique diverse event to happen on Saturday 05.02.2022 at Nafasi Art Space with a special guest musician and vibrant artist Makadem(@mak_adem ) from Kenya “Movement of Nyatiti tour” this event aims to celebrate culture, creativity…
Find out more »Tukutane Nafasi: Hangout x Film Screening
Don’t miss the screening of The Lost Okoroshi, a film by Abba Makama (@abbatmakama ) at Nafasi, presented by the Nafasi Film Club! ✨A man disillusioned by modern Nigerian life transforms into an Okoroshi ancestral masquerade spirit and sets out…
Find out more »March 2022
Potentialities: Open Studio w/ Erica Merly Thomas & Roger Peet
After seven week residency at Nafasi Art Space on research, exploration and creation wonderful duo of artists Erica Thomas @ericameryl and Roger Peet @toosphexy both from United States of America will present a survey of work created during their residency period.…
Find out more »Tukutane Nafasi Lete Stori
We are delighted to invite everyone this Saturday, 26 March, for Lete Stori featuring Jagwa Music. Lete Stori is an interactive dialogue session sharing the lesser known stories behind the talent, followed by a live music performance. Our guests this…
Find out more »Somewhere between Kapiri Mposhi and Dar Es Salaam: The Tazara drawings
Last year Klaus Hartmann spent some months in Zambia and from there he came to Dar Es Salaam by train. Klaus Hartmann’s drawings capture a piece of time and the architectural features of different areas along the TAZARA route. They…
Find out more »May 2022
Tukutane Nafasi : “Passage” exhibition opening & Film Screening
On 14th May 2022 Nafasi Art Space would like to invite everyone for a vibrant Saturday of inspiration and exchange of creativity idea with the opening of ‘Passages’ a group exhibition from the Nafasi Academy 2022 Followed by a short…
Find out more »“PASSAGES” The Nafasi Academy exhibition opening
This coming Saturday, join us for the opening of Passages, an exhibition by the Nafasi Academy exploring personal and communal memory and chosen (and unchosen) influences on our conception time. The works featured will use the contribution of great Tanzanian…
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