Art & Culture Magazines in kenya?(Market Research)

If I try to recall any print based or even digital based magazine that integrates Art and Culture in one magazine I think of none really in Kenya, Until i did a bit more research and found an east-africa based art & culture magazine called Tangaza Magazine.

Tangaza Magazine is an east African based magazine that highlights different art forms and how they inform culture and most importantly to me, locally. An example of this is music artists spotlights or photography and magazine work and even have what I would assume to have monthly print looking magazine covers on their site which you can find here.

In terms of audience the content they put out that being mainly blogposts the audience I think they cater to is not surprisingly creatives and what I find interesting and want to implement in my magazine is that the magazine is not niche overtly niche in terms of the arts as it doesn't focus on only one form of artistry but all whether it's music, photography, fine art, fashion they have a wide variety which is admirable.

There are also Photography features and online articles which are carried out which is intruiging:

now in terms of my magazine I was thinking of having a similar concept for the magazine itself where the topic will have a variety of art forms but the issues are somewhat specific or have a focus on one of them let's say it's music, it will be a focus on music for this months issue but will still include a variety of artforms in other Issues of the same magazine.

Art & Culture in the Kenyan coast

 I recently visited the Kenyan coast and while I was there I decided to take note of the art and culture of the area that is local to the people for reference in the future or to inform what ideas i could come-up with when I begin photography for my magazine.

A common example of the art & culture on the Kenyan coast is the craftsmanship in jewelry and clothing and style which I have taken a particular interest in; this includes bracelets and body art too which is called henna all done by the local people.

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• here is heena art which is usually done on  the arms for beautification purposes.
• This picture was actually taken by me!       

heena art book

  

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• Here is a picture of a masai at the coast who is selling various jewelry items as seen on his arm and neck.
• took this photo aswell!

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Now as to why I am doing all of this is because I believe it is important to promote local Artistry, aside from that in my magazine I hope to have a local art and culture element towards it and this is for reference purpose for the future when I begin looking for more inspiration.

The Final Decision(hopefully)

Yesterday I broke my glasses, and on my way to the optician to get a new pair I suddenly took notice at the amount of Art displays and galleries as well as craft traders on the way there and thought what if i did the culture magazine but made it more of a culture and arts magazine which I can intersect all three ideas in different ways as I can do art in the local fashion or even graffiti 'matatu culture' art or even when all these ideas come together I can now see a clear idea that really incapsulates all what ive wanted to do equally