Swaga Swaga Game Reserve
Swaga Swaga Game Reserveis a Tanzaniangame reservelocated in northwestDodoma Region,that gives refuge toelephantsand other vulnerable animals. It is located 50.6 miles from the city ofBabati.
It covers an area of 871 square kilometers.[1]
Swaga Swaga also contains 102 lions, and since Tanzania has the most lions in Africa,[2]Swaga Swaga has almost 0.6% of Tanzania's sighted lions.
In 2017, the Tanzania Wildlife Management Authority (TAWA) began an action to relocate many animal species from other reserves to improve fauna diversity. In this they see a great chance for the development of tourism and the promotion of Swaga Swaga.[3]
In February 2021, Polish archaeologist fromJagiellonian Universityannounced the discovery of ancient rock art with anthropomorphic figures in a good condition at the Amak’hee 4 rockshelter site. Paintings made with a reddish dye also contained buffalo heads, giraffe's head and neck, domesticated cattle dated back to about several hundred years ago. Archaeologists estimated that these paintings can describe a ritual of theSandawe people,although their present religion does not contain elements ofanthropomorphizationof buffaloes.[4][5][6][7]
References
[edit]- ^"Swaga Swaga Reserve Receives New Occupants".
- ^"Lions In - Tanzania".LionAlert.org.Retrieved2017-01-26.
- ^Ltd, Tanzania Standard Newspapers."Swaga Swaga Reserve receives new 'occupants'".www.dailynews.co.tz.Retrieved2021-02-11.
- ^"Tanzanian Rock Art Depicts Trios of Bizarre Anthropomorphic Figures | Archaeology | Sci-News.com".Breaking Science News | Sci-News.com.Retrieved2021-02-16.
- ^"Mysterious and bizarre: scientists discovered ancient rock art that dates back to several hundred years ago".www.msn.com.Retrieved2021-02-16.
- ^Grzelczyk, Maciej (February 2021)."Amak'hee 4: a newly documented rock art site in the Swaga Swaga Game Reserve".Antiquity.95(379).doi:10.15184/aqy.2020.246.ISSN0003-598X.
- ^Grzelczyk, Maciej (2021)."Amak'hee 4: a newly documented rock art site in the Swaga Swaga Game Reserve"(PDF).Antiquity.95(379). Cambridge University Press: 1–9.doi:10.15184/aqy.2020.246.S2CID231891881.
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