There was a time when you could recognise a Bongo Flava song within seconds. The Swahili lyrics, storytelling and melodies gave Tanzania a sound that was impossible to confuse with music from...
By
Ramadhani Ismail
Journalist
Mwananchi Communications Limited
There was a time when you could recognise a Bongo Flava song within seconds.
For three decades, Bongo Flava has been more than a music genre.
A Tanzanian musician based in Switzerland is pushing Bongo Flava onto the international stage after independently producing and…
It has been three years since the Recording Academy introduced the Best African Music Performance category at the Grammy Awards,…
For years, East African musicians have created sounds that have travelled across borders, filled dance floors and attracted…
Kenyan stars Jua Cali and Nyota Ndogo will join Tanzania’s biggest artistes in Dar es Salaam as Bongo Flava celebrates 30 years…
For decades, the formula for creating a hit song in Tanzania was almost predictable.
