Tinga Tinga Tales

*Tinga Tinga Tales*
Tinga Tinga Tales
Genre	Children's Television
Written by	Judy Kibinge; Anna Starkey; Claudia Lloyd
Voices of	Eugene Muchiri; Shaun Parkes; Johnnie Fiori; Lenny Henry; Patrice Naiambana; Miriam Margolyes
Theme music composer	Eric Wainaina; Aaron Rimbui
Opening theme	"Tinga Tinga Tinga"
Country of origin	United Kingdom; Kenya;
Original languages	English, Swahili
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	52
Production
Running time	11 minutes
Production companies	Tiger Aspect Productions; Homeboyz Animation; Classic Media;
Original release
Network	CBeebies
Release	15 February 2010 –; 31 March 2011
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Tinga Tinga Tales is a British-Kenyan Flash animated children's television series based on African folk tales and aimed at 4 to 6-year-olds that ran for two seasons (2011-2012). It was commissioned by the BBC for its CBeebies channel. Named after Tingatinga art from Tanzania,^[2] Tinga Tinga Tales was produced in Nairobi, Kenya, by Homeboyz Animation and its music produced by Kenyan singer-songwriter Eric Wainaina.^[3] The series comprises 55 episodes.

The series was first conceived by Claudia Lloyd, head of the animation division at the London-based Tiger Aspect Productions, while travelling through Africa. The first three episodes premiered on the BBC website in February 2010. The distribution rights were bought by Entertainment Rights, which in 2009 merged with Classic Media. In 2012 Classic Media was acquired by DreamWorks Animation and renamed DreamWorks Classics).^[4]

^ Chonghaile, Clar Ni (8 July 2010). "Tinga Tinga puts Kenyan animation on the map". The Africa Report. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
^ Gibson, Owen (26 June 2008). "BBC to tell children why giraffes have long necks in Tinga Tinga Tales". The Guardian/. Archived from the original on 14 November 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
^ The BBC Archived 4 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine on Tinga Tinga Tales: Music by Eric Wainaina.
^ The Times Archived 12 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine on Entertainment Rights

[AfricaReport-1] Chonghaile, Clar Ni (8 July 2010). "Tinga Tinga puts Kenyan animation on the map". The Africa Report. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.

[Guardian2012-2] Gibson, Owen (26 June 2008). "BBC to tell children why giraffes have long necks in Tinga Tinga Tales". The Guardian/. Archived from the original on 14 November 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2014.

[3] The BBC Archived 4 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine on Tinga Tinga Tales: Music by Eric Wainaina.

[4] The Times Archived 12 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine on Entertainment Rights

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