Amandina Lihamba

Amandina Lihamba (born 1944) is a Tanzanian academic, actress, playwright and theatre director. She is a professor at the University of Dar es Salaam in the Department of Fine and Performing Arts and has served as its dean, head of department, and university council member. In 1989, she co-founded the national Children Theatre Project and festival. She also founded the girls drama group Tuseme (Let's Speak Out) festival with Penina Muhando in 1998. Quotes If we don’t tell our own stories no one else will. Amandina Lihamba – Maisha Film Lab I hope also that as we are listening to the issues, we are also looking to ways out, or to what we need to do. Revitalizing African Music Studies in Higher Education, Kenyatta University repository. Quotes about Amandina Lihamba Amandina Lihamba, who is so dynamic and pretty and funny, and such a delightful actress and dancer… The New Yorker, June 13, 1970. Amandina Lihamba of the University of Dar es Salaam succinctly demonstrated how theatre can rouse a challenged people to action. Barry Hessenius, Barry's Blog, 2014. External links Category:Academics from Tanzania Category:Novelists from Tanzania Category:Directors Category:Actresses from Tanzania Category:Philanthropists Category:Literary critics Category:1944 births Category:Living people Category:Women authors from Tanzania