Tanzania: A Journey Into the Mind of a Struggling Female Wildlife Artist

Her hair is tucked in a messy bun with specks of paint on her arm and clothes from last night in her living room cum studio, where she worked until 2 am. Samina Sachak,47, resides in a quiet old coastal town of Tanga, where she finds the peace and inspiration to paint.

The room is filled with varied sizes of canvases glued on pieces of wood. Some canvases have a pencilled outline while others have her imagination coming to life through colours. Across the room, there is a huge piece of mirror, which depicts the life of a Maasai woman sketched using different colours of acrylic.

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