Makumbusho Newsletter Issue No. 0001:December 2020 Makumbusho Newsletter December 2020 Contents 1 From the Director General 8 American Embassy’s Public Affairs Officer Impressed by the Facilities Available at the National Museum and House Special Visits of Culture 2 Minister for Natural Resource and Tourism for 9 The Netherlands Ambassador to Tanzania Visits the Museum special Museum on Africa Liberation for Cooperation Plans 2 Malawi First Lady Excited to See Original 9 National Museum of Tanzania to Use Sports to Promote Zinjanthropus Skull Housed at Museum and Museum Visitation House of Culture Improvement of Arts 3 National Defence College Fascinated by Traditional 10 Museum Art Explosion is Back with a BANG! Architecture at the Village Museum 11 BASATA Commends the National Museum of Tanzania 4 Finland Ambassador, Team Experience the for Using Museum Art Explosion to Empower Artists Beauty of Village Museum Research and Science Zone 5 Miss Tourism 2020 Ruvuma Visits Maji Maji Memorial Museum 12 Vertebrate Taphonomy and Paleoecology at Olduvai Gorge Museum Link with Education Sector Public Engagement in Museum Activities 6 DSM Head Teachers Meet at the National Museum and House of Culture 13 Bongozozo Donates Old Coin to the National Museum Honouring the Legacy of Leaders Special Site Coverage 7 National Museum Honours the Legacy of Mwl. J.K. Nyerere 13 Sites and Monuments Announcement Cooperation 14 Museum Services and Facilities for Hire 8 France’s Cultural Attachée Commends the Museum and 16 Calendar of Events House of Culture i Makumbusho Newsletter Issue No. 0001: December 2020 Editorial Team: From the Director General Ms Joyce Mkinga Head Public Relations Unit Dear Readers ................................................ t is my pleasure to introduce our Newsletter, named Co-Editor I Makumbusho Newsletter. This is a new initiative of the National Museum of Tanzania to reach out Dr. Gwakisa Kamatula Director of Village Museum to our stakeholders and present newsworthy activities .............................................. of the Museum. I strongly believe that you, our Designer readers, will want to take an interest in the Mr Edgar Chatanda activities of the National Museum, and appreciate Producer/Art Officer them through reading Makumbusho Newsletter. Ms. Mwamvita Sollo ICT Officer ............................................. Contacts Director General National Museum of Tanzania Dr. Noel Biseko Lwoga P.o Box 511 Dar es Salaam Tel:+255 22212230 Email: [email protected] Website: www.nmt.go.tz Makumbusho ya Taifa NMT makumbushoyataifa December 2020-March 2021 1 Makumbusho Newsletter December 2020 Special Visits Minister for Natural Resource and Tourism for Special He asked, “Are the young people in South Africa or Mozambique, for Museum on Africa Liberation example, aware that their independence was won through Tanzania’s By Staff Writer he Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, Dr Damas Ndumbaro, T has directed the National Museum of Tanzania to establish an Africa Liberation Museum to honour Tanzania’s contribution to the continent's struggle for independence. The Minister gave this directive when he visited the Museum and House of Culture in Dar es Salaam, where he was guided through an exhibition hall featuring Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere’s contribution to Africa's struggle for liberation. He said that Tanzania played a major role in Africa’s struggle for liberation, and so the country needs to have an entire museum dedicated Ms.Anamery Bagenyi explaining that the late Samora Machel, the first President of Mozambique, to African Liberation instead of just having an exhibition in the National used this motorbike during his country's struggle for liberation Museum. “We have a lot of information and evidence of the struggle all over the involvement? That is why we need to tell them through the Africa country. Liberation Museum.” The Minister said the Secretariat of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) could provide a lot of information on Africa’s struggle for liberation. “It’s the responsibility of the National Museum to establish this Museum, ” he insisted. Malawi’s First Lady Excited to See the Original Zinjanthropus Skull Housed at Museum and House of Culture By Staff writer Ms.Anamery Bagenyi, Senior Education Officer, telling the Minister and Deputy Minister for Natural he first lady of the Republic of Malawi, Madam Monica Chakwera, Resources and Tourism about the liberation camps in Morogoro, when they visited an exhibition on the T visited the National Museum of Tanzania and appreciated its struggle for liberation conservation of natural and cultural heritage at the Museum and House of Culture in Dar es Salaam.Madam Chakwera, with her host, We need to tell the younger generation in Africa about that Tanzania's current first lady, Mama Janeth Pombe Magufuli, visited struggle. Dr Ndumbaro said that the younger generation, not only in the Museum and had the opportunity to see the famous Tanzania but also in other African countries, has no idea how much Zinjanthropus skull, considered to be 1.75 million years old, Tanzania contributed to the struggle, and so the Africa Liberation which was discovered by Dr Mary Leakey at Olduvai Gorge in Museum dedicated to that end will enlighten them. Ngorongoro, Arusha region, on 17th July 1959. 2 MakumbushoMAKUMBUSHO Newsletter NEWSLETTER December 2020-MarchDecember 20202021 The two first ladies also visited the human evolution exhibition hall that The Director General, Dr Noel Lwoga, who received the first ladies at showcases ancient human life and the remains or traces of prehistoric the National Museum, appreciated their visit and invited more people living things, describing how mammals and humans evolved, and to come and experience the beauty of Tanzanian’s natural and cultural reconstructing the paleoecology. heritage. The first lady of Malawi had accompanied the President of Malawi, Lazarus Chakwera, when he visited T anzania in October 2020 National Defence College Fascinated by Traditional Architecture at the Village Museum By Staff writer ver 60 course members and some faculty members from the O National Defence College (NDC) visited the Village Museum Director General of National Museum of Tanzania, Dr Noel Lwoga welcoming the Malawi in Dar es Salaam, where they were able to explore the architecture first Lady Madam Monica Chakwera and Mama Janeth Pombe Magufuli of traditional houses and experience traditional culture. The Village Museum, located about 13 kilometres from the city centre, is They also visited the art gallery that displays various pottery items, Makonde surrounded by the traditional houses of o ver 30 ethnic groups in carvings and the paintings of famous Tanzanian artists, reflecting the Tanzania, which can be located on the map of Tanzania. The place intellectual development of Tanzanian society. They also had the opportunity with a village setting has all the features of a village, namely, chairs, t o visit the Rock Art gallery, beds, utensils and other items inside the houses, and vegetation outside. Some small animals scurrying around, and birds flying from tree to tree in a wood surrounding the village, produce a nice feeling and add to visitors' experience. Different traditional foods are served in a traditionally built restaurant on the Museum's premises, where visitors can enjoy local food with a natural taste.While walking around the village,visitors can enjoy the drum beats of the traditional dance group that performs each day at the Museum. Their traditional dance and songs depict the real rurals etting during harvesting, when everybody is happy with what the farm and animals have produced. The NDC Commandant, Major General Ibrahim Michael Mhoma, Dr Aamandus Kwekason, Principal Curator giving explanation about Zinjanthropus discovery explained that the visit was part of the curriculum of a course, the to the first ladies. participants of which are required to learn about tourism and its displaying some of the oldest rock art from different African countries contribution to the country’s economy. which sheds light on the culture, beliefs and morality of ancients ocieties, and the development of imaginative abilities. 3 December 2020-March 2021 MAKUMBUSHOMakumbusho Newsletter NEWSLETTER December 2020 “The National Museum of Tanzania needs to rehabilitate and preserve these national treasures,” he urged. Brig. Gen Elie Ndizigiye from Burundi was delighted with their visit to the Village Museum, because they were able to learn many things, including the traditional way of living and reconciliation, and the strategic communication used by people living in rural areas. “Our tour of the Village Museum was great. We really appreciated it. The Makumbusho dance group, which made us enjoy dancing in our own way, was a particularly unforgettable experience”, he enthused. Ms.Flora Vicent, Senior Curator, Ethnography, explaining to NDC officers and course members how iron was traditionally smelted when they visited the Village Museum The NDC Director of Studies, Dr. Lucy Sule, remarked that her college ecognises that tourism is important for the country’s economy. While at the Village Museum, the NDC course members learnt about Apart from the Village Museum, the NDC course members will also preservation of the culture and traditional architecture of various ethnic visit Arusha, Kilimanjaro, TANAPA and Ngorongoro Conservation groups in Tanzania, including but not limited to the Nyakyusa, Fipa, Area. The one -year course started on 31st August 2020 and will finish Bena, Ngoni, Mwera, Ndengereko, Chaga, Swahili,Sukuma and Zanaki. on 24th July 2021. The NDC course members, who came from Zambia, Malawi, Kenya, Burundi, Nigeria, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania, appreciated what they observed and learnt at the Village Museum. Finland Ambassador, Team Experience the Beauty of Village Museum By Staff Writer embers of staff of Finland Embassy in Tanzania led by the Finish M Ambassador Her Excellency Riitta Swan decided to experience the beauty of Village Museum in Dar es Salaam on their recreation day, which is held on every 25th of November. The Ambassador and her staff experienced the traditional architecture Mr.