Ida Ljungqvist was Playboy’s Playmate of the Month for March 2008. Ljungqvist was born in Tanzania to a Swedish father and a Tanzanian mother, making her the first playmate born in Africa. Due to her father’s work for UNICEF, Ljungqvist traveled much as a child: in Africa she has lived in Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, South Africa, Zimbabwe; in Asia, in Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand; in Europe, in France, the U.K., Sweden, and Denmark, and currently, in the United States, in California. She speaks English, Swedish, and Swahili.

About Tanzania:
Capital: Dodoma
Largest city: Dar es Salaam
Official languages: Swahili (de facto), English (Higher courts, Higher Education)
Area: 945,203 km2
Population: 40,000,000
GDP Per capita: $428
Currency: Tanzanian shilling (TZS)
Internet TLD: .tz
Calling code: +2552