Tingatinga

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What Wikipedia says

Tingatinga (also spelled Tinga-tinga or Tinga Tinga) is a painting style from East Africa. Tingatinga is one of the most widely represented forms of tourist-oriented painting in Tanzania, Kenya, and neighbouring countries.

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Image: Ingo Koll (scan) - Rubuni Rashid Said (artist), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.