The diversity of Tanzanian music: Forget Bongo Flava, Taarab and dance, there is more

Is Bongo Flava, Modern Taarab and Dansi the only music genres found in Tanzania? A listener/ viewer of local Tanzanian mainstream radio and broadcast would probably think that this is truly the case and you can’t entirely blame them because this is the music that dominates the airwaves from morning to midnight. Abantu Mandingo This […]

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Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

Vijimambo

Africa grooves to new music genre Bongo Flava

 

5 years ago

Michuzi

BONGO FLAVA COMING OF BONGO POLITICAL AGE

By Godwin Semunyu.
When Joseph Mbilinyi alias Mr. Two, or Too Proud and now Sugu, was sworn in as Member of Parliament for Mbeya urban in 2010, he sent buzzing vibes to the Tanzania music industry. It was surreal to imagine that a Bongo Flava artist barred its reputation at the time, making it to its most potent legislative organ. Sugu, known for his strong lyrical messages, is regarded as an epitome of Bongo Fleva entrance into politics by being brave enough to challenge the status quo of...

 

10 years ago

Michuzi

INAFRIKA BAND KUTOKA DAR WATINGISHA JIJI LA BREMEN,UJERUMANI, TANZANIAN FOLK MUSIC MADE IN BONGO TO THE WORLD YAKUBALIKA KIMATAIFA!

Bendi ya muziki INAFRIKA BAND aka "Wazee wa Indege" kutoka jiji Dar es salaam, imelitingisha jiji la Bremen, nchini Ujerumani katika onyesho liliofanyika usiku wa 13 Februari 2015 katika ukumbi mkubwa wa Musik-Theater mjini humo. Bendi hiyo kutoka Chang'ombe ilisimama jukwaani na kuziteka nyoyo za maelfu ya wapenzi wa muziki kiasi cha kutajwa kuwa bendi bora ya muziki wa Folk na radio Funkhaus-Europe kutokana na vionjo vya mitindo ya muziki wa asili wa makabila ya Kitanzania vilivyotumiwa na...

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

27 Jun

Habib Koite: My music is a product of diversity

>Kicking a rag ball on the streets of Bamako during his early childhood, Habib Koité never imagined that he would one day be traversing the world, gracing international music stages and audience.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

19 Sep

COVER: Where did ‘Bongo Flava’ tag come from?

>There is no question that  Bongo Flava has reached  new heights and the debate  on authenticity still rages on.Bongo Flava has today claimed the music stage which was once a preserve  of  Congolese music .

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

25 Mar

We need a Bongo-flava metamorphosis fast!

In the 1980s Tanzanian youth started a musical experiment which became a mainstream cultural movement that took over urban Tanzania and eventually the entire country during the pinnacle of the revolution in the late 1990s.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

25 Apr

Pay for play the new bug in Bongo Flava

Tipping for a service is considered as a virtue that has long been upheld in the service industry as a show of gratitude; however, there are times when the tip becomes a law.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

10 Jul

Top Bongo flava divas who went awol

The year when Nakaya released her debut album which she aptly titled Nervous Conditions with hits such as Mr Politician .

 

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