Tanzania News News Tanzania » Music: Preserving Tanzanian Music: A Christian Duty
Last week, NPR ran a fascinating story about a radio station in Tanzania. Radio Tanzania used to be the only radio station in the entire country and deeply embedded in the national identity. After the ...
News Tanzania » Music: Nose flute, other instruments in Tanzania being recorded for the ages
One of Tanzania’s most endangered possessions isn’t its wildlife; it’s its music. Dozens of musical instruments – and the skill set to play them – are facing extinction in Tanzania, which is why ...
News Tanzania » Music: Radio Tanzania: A Disappearing History On Tape
At the archives of Radio Tanzania, more than 15,000 reel-to-reel tapes are stacked in floor-to-ceiling shelves. Each band, musician and recording date is painstakingly notated. The tapes reside inside ...
News Tanzania » Music: Prism Sound Helps Preserve Tanzanian Music
While recovering from a motorcycle accident in 2010, Rebecca Corey was listening to CDs of old Tanzanian music given to her by a Tanzanian friend, Benson Rukantabula. Corey fell in love with the music ...
News Tanzania » Music: Tanzania's first and only classic car club pays homage to Remmy Ongala, old school musical legend
On a dusty road in the sleepy, coastal town of Bagamoyo, Tanzania, a row of vintage cars attracts festival-goers on their way to the 2nd annual Ongala Music Festival, held this year at the Bagamoyo ...
News Tanzania » Music: Traditional Tanzanian music falls in popularity, but demands preservation
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
News Tanzania » Music: How Tanzanian Artists Are Leading the Musical Renaissance in Africa
In 2021, Tanzania’s Diamond Platnumz became the first Sub-Saharan African singer to receive 1 billion views on his YouTube channel. That same year, Zuchu became the first woman artist in East Africa ...
News Tanzania » Music: Music For Tanzania to hold charity concert
Excel Michael Haonga has wanted to be a music teacher for as long as he can remember. His journey to hone his music skills has taken him from his native Tanzania to Norway, Uganda and now to the ...
News Tanzania » Music: Why Tanzania needs standardised music syllabus to develop young talents in school
Dar es Salaam. Stakeholders in Tanzania’s music industry have called for a standardised music syllabus to be incorporated into the country’s Amali (vocational and practical skills) education stream to ...
News Tanzania » Music: The reel deal: Rare musical gems saved from oblivion in Tanzania
Editor’s Note: CNN’s On the Road series brings you a greater insight into countries around the world. This time we travel to Tanzania to explore the places, the people and the passions unique to this ...
News Tanzania » Music: Jux eyes global success with music and African Boy
Juma Jux is looking beyond Tanzania, with the Bongo Flava star pursuing international opportunities in both music and fashion as he works to build a wider African presence.While his music career has ...
News Tanzania » Music: ESSENCE Global Issue: Get to Know Tanzanian Pop Singer Vanessa Mdee
In the States, Vanessa Mdee’s brief appearance in a hotel lobby might not ring any bells, but step into a hotel lobby in Stone Town, Zanzibar, and you’ll hear bells, whistles and blow horns. “She is ...