Actress & Social Justice ’Artivist’ Tanzania Hughie Speaks On Bully, BLM, & More

Tanzania Hughie was born and raised in the south Bronx, New York. Her roots in this culturally rich environment helped develop her love for the Arts. At the age of 13 she began teaching lyrical and hip-hop dance styles in after school programs. She received Presidential scholarships, awards, and accolades for her service to the youth of Bronx based communities. Tanzania studied Fashion and Design at Virginia Commonwealth University. She has a degree in Film and Television Acting from The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts.

She has continued to share her talents and gifts with the youth of the Metro New York Area, teaching performing arts at the Boys & Girls Clubs, I.S 62, Grace Harrigan Dance School and Dream Productions. Tanzania has been featured on television show such as; In the Line of Fire, The Dr. Oz Show, The Hungry Games, and Duchess Discoveries with the Duchess of York. On stage; When All is Lost by Drica Armstrong as Karen, Unequally Yoked by Lynette Blackwell, Murder by the Sea directed by award winning director Danielle Earle. In film, Tanzania played lead in Wendy Santana” The One”, and Ann in Lynette Blackwell’s “ Twelve” Ocktober Film Festival Best Short Film Nominee. Tanzania was also in a web series, Timeless Guilt, directed by Benny Flames.

Ms. Hughie is currently a freelance writer and has her own company Tanzania Hughie Productions. She has been a Board member At-Large of Citizen Action NY. She deems herself to be an ‘artivist’ where her activism and art worlds are colliding. She starred in Vivian Sessoms Billboard charting 2019 music video, “I Can’t Breathe”, and is a cowriter and DEA Agent 'Claudeen Shaw' in the upcoming Alex Hugo Film, "Bully: The Dead Don't Die", which highlights the injustices of the law enforcement department. Tanzania believes that art reflects life and it’s time the world looks in the mirror and makes a change. She believes you can truly be yourself when you have discovered your true purpose in life. Her personal motto is “It’s never too late to live the life you want to live”. She looks forward to impacting culture through the Arts by continuing to be a powerful woman in life and media.

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