Swaga Swaga Game Reserve is a Tanzanian game reserve located in northwest Dodoma Region, that gives refuge to elephants and other vulnerable animals. It is located 50.6 miles from the city of Babati.
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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 from Jagiellonian University announced 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 the Sandawe people, although their present religion does not contain elements of anthropomorphization of buffaloes.[4][5][6][7]
References
edit- ^ "Swaga Swaga Reserve Receives New Occupants".
- ^ "Lions In - Tanzania". LionAlert.org. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
- ^ Ltd, Tanzania Standard Newspapers. "Swaga Swaga Reserve receives new 'occupants'". www.dailynews.co.tz. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
- ^ "Tanzanian Rock Art Depicts Trios of Bizarre Anthropomorphic Figures | Archaeology | Sci-News.com". Breaking Science News | Sci-News.com. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
- ^ "Mysterious and bizarre: scientists discovered ancient rock art that dates back to several hundred years ago". www.msn.com. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
- ^ 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. ISSN 0003-598X.
- ^ 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. S2CID 231891881.
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