Music has featured prominently in Tanzania’s political campaigns this year ahead of the Oct. 28 general elections. The ruling party, Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), or Party of the Revolution, has trotted ...

Tanzanian juggernaut Harmonize is gearing up for global domination. Having rubbed shoulders with huge West African stars such as Nigeria’s Burna Boy (a former NME cover star) and Mr Eazi, the ...

Arusha — THE first 'Traditional Dances Meets Bongo Flava' music circus has hit the road and has just staged two public shows in Arusha City over the weekend. Organized by the 'Endeleza Foundation' and ...

The song titled “Bahari Yetu” (Our Oceans) innovatively outlined the importance of Marine Cultural Heritage and its relationship with the challenges currently facing Tanzanian coastal communities.

The story of Espen Sorensen could be that of any child growing up in an African village. Born in Denmark in 1980, he moved with his parents who worked for an international development agency to a ...

But that’s probably akin to suggesting that the first Ramones album would have been better if they’d done a couple of ballads and added orchestra strings to “Chain Saw”. But having said that, I’ve ...

The seductive sounds of Amapiano, the South African phenomenon that has swept the music scene, have met the essence of Bongo music to create a hybrid that is winning fans. In this genre-defying ...

For Fredrick 'Mulla' Komba - an up-and-coming rap beast who recently released album titled 'Moro Jazz' - his love for rap music originates from his relatives, some of whom are religious choir singers.

Tanzania's Bongo sensation Diamond Platinumz in concert at Koroga Festival held at the Carnivore grounds, Nairobi. [Elvis Ogina/Standard] Hardly three weeks after being publicly dumped by his ...

The famous pimped-up matatus, or minibus taxis, of Kenya's capital, often move through the traffic to the sound of Nigerian Afrobeats music, Tanzania's Bongo Flava or South Africa's Amapiano. Step out ...