Bongo Flava artiste has passed away after speaking to his neighbours and children before retiring to his room Spack's death has sparked reactions as neighbours reached out to a media station after ...

Kenyans love Bongo Flava. Our airwaves, TV music shows, local shops and even promotional roadshows play a good amount of Bongo music. And what’s not to love about these Tanzanian songs? The beats are ...

Let me begin with a confession that may cost me some friends at the next Msondo Ngoma show: Congolese musicians are not better than ours. They are simply better at acting as if they are.Watch a ...

Hilda Baci on breaking Guinness World Records and taking Nigerian food global ...

BRINGING back on the same stage all its legends, Bongo Flava@30 Festival goes to Zanzibar archipelago tomorrow, after a ...

As Tanzania heads to the polls, music once again takes centre stage. From independence anthems to Bongo Flava beats, artists have long shaped the nation’s political rhythm, but has the tune changed?

A month after he released his latest video Utanipenda, Tanzania’s Diamond Platinumz is attracting a huge debate as to whether he is predicting his end. The emotional song sounds like a premonition ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tanzania — WHEN Bongo Flava marked its 30th anniversary in Dar es Salaam and Mwanza recently, the celebrations were meant to be simple acts of nostalgia. What was expected was a clap for the pioneers, ...

He recounts the early days of his career as a high school student: “I started singing at the verandah of my father’s house...trying to discover myself.” He says he struggled for recognition mainly ...