I promised this one a while back , and here it is! Tanzanian/Kenyan superstars Les Wanyika give us another scinitillating slice of Swah...

Here's another in Likembe' s continuing series of releases by Tanzania's legendary DDC Mlimani Park Orchestra, this one a ...

Now, this is an album I've been wanting to post for a long time! Orchestra Simba Wanyika (Swahili for "Lion of the Jungle...

A couple of years ago I posted some memorable Muziki wa Dansi , a tribute by Tanzania's Orchestra Vijana Jazz to their departed lea...

What better to liven up a slow Thursday morning than another dose of Muziki wa Dansi , courtesy of Tanzania's DDC Milmani Park Orches...

The subject of many musical accolades over the years, South African liberation fighter (and President from 1994-99) Nelson Mandela r...

As a follow-up to the last post , here is another ukumbusho (souvenir) from another great exponent of Muziki wa Dansi , Tanzania's Int...

Orchestra Vijana Jazz, one of Tanzania's top dance bands, was founded in 1971 under the sponsorship of Umoja wa Vijana Tanzania , then t...

Ronnie Graham's The World of African Music (Pluto Press/Research Associates, 1992) states that Tanzania's DDC Mlimani Park Orchestr...

Like Comb and Razor , I seem to be experiencing some difficulty managing to get a post up, not, as in Uchenna's case, because I'm te...

In the last week I've been afflicted not only by writer's block but by a mild yet persistent case of the flu. So let's make a ...

I have a number of posts that are just on the threshold of going up, but I seem to have been gripped by an inexplicable and debilitating ca...

Note: This post was updated on September 20, 2008 to incorporate a translation of the song "Marashi ya Pemba" by reader/listener...

A reader/listener requested some music by Mbaraka Mwinshehe, and I'm more than happy to oblige! Mwinshehe was the great Tanzanian guit...

With our laptop out of commission for a while, the household is down to one functional computer, which the kids have commandeered for their ...

Swahili music was terra incognita to me until one day in the summer of 1984. I was visiting Edmund Ogutu, a Kenyan friend of mine. He...