Tinga Tinga Tales is an 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]
Tinga Tinga Tales is centred around various animated animals, and employs music, dialogue and colourful imagery to tell African folk tales about the origins of animals, each narrated by Red Monkey, and answer questions such as "Why do monkeys swing in the trees?" and "Why do flamingos stand on one leg?".[5]
Tinga Tinga Tales is a British-Kenyan children's television series created by Claudia Lloyd. Based on African folk tales and named after Tanzanian Tingatinga art, the show is targeted towards ages 4-6 and originally aired on CBeebies.
Tinga Tinga Tales es una serie infantil de 52 episodios basada en cuentos populares africanos y dirigida a nios de 4 a 6 aos. Fue encargado por la BBC para su canal CBeebies y por Disney Channel para su bloque Disney Junior. El nombre del arte Tingatinga de Tanzania, fue realizado en Kenia por un estudio de unas 50 personas. La msica es del cantautor keniano Eric Wainaina.
La serie fue desarrollada por primera vez por Claudia Lloyd, jefa de animacin de Tiger Aspect, mientras viajaba por frica. Los primeros tres episodios se estrenaron en el sitio web de la BBC a principios de febrero de 2010. Los derechos de distribucin fueron comprados por Entertainment Rights.
Todos los animales viven aventuras en armona en su hbitat natural. El ttulo est basado en el estilo pictrico Tingatinga, originado en Tanzania a mediados del siglo XX y extendido por la parte oriental de frica.
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