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huevosenserio:

AFRICA IN YOUR EARBUDS #42: RADIO TANZANIA

TRACKLIST
1. JUMA KILAZA & ORCHESTRA TK- LUMPOPO NATIONAL 73 – Subi Subi No. II (Saba Saba Records, 1973) - Country : Tanzania
2. JAMHURI JAZZ BAND – Taifa Cup, (Philips, 1974) - Country : Tanzania
3. ORCHESTRE L’INTERNATIONAL AFRISA – Aon (African Records, 1973) Zaire
4. MBARAKA MWINSHEHE & ORCH. SUPER VOLCANO – Shida (FKW, 19??), Country : Tanzania
5. VIJANA JAZZ BAND – Koko Koko no 1 – (Moto Moto, 1975) Country : Tanzania
6. URAFIKI JAZZ BAND – Nakutafuta Sikuoni (Kwetu, 1976) Country : Tanzania
7. AFRO 70 BAND - Kwa Vile Nakupenda – Country : Tanzania
8. SIMARRO MASSIYA – Maya Ozali Coupable Ya Misere Na Ngai – (ASL 1985) Country : Zaire
9. VIJANA JAZZ BAND – Miaka Mingi (Moto Moto 1975) Country : Tanzania
10. MSONDO NGOMA – Viva a Frelimo (pt 2 ) (Kwetu 1976), Country : Tanzania
11. JAMHURI JAZZ BAND – Mganga, (Philips, 1973) - Country : Tanzania
12. VIJANA JAZZ BAND - Urijani Mwema (Moto Moto 1975) Tanzania

1970s Tanzanian Music

bigoldgoofyworld:

Back in the 90s, if you were singing and got really emotional, you had to throw your jacket off your shoulders! (Thank you K-Ci.)

SO 90’s!!! can’t even handle it. Back when Hakuna matata was allllll the rage.

“Hakuna Matata” by Swahili Nation

typicalugandan:

Eddiba - Juliana Kanyomozi

Juliana, incredible as always!

thekufismacker:

Maria Salome | Saida Karoli

AS OLD AS MY TONGUE: the myth and life of Bi Kidude (by screenstation)

What an incredible woman! Check out her life story in this video.  

(Message me for the password to view the film!)

kilele:

Bi Kidude in concert

“Bi Kidude is a Zanzibari singer, considered to be the Queen of Taarab music”

Photo by Swiatoslow Wojtkowiak

RIP Bi Kidude

omuse-me:

Just-A-Band - Matatizo. Let’s start with an understatement: Releases from Just A Band’s faithful fans are eagerly awaited and always appreciated. In the years that have passed since their first release, they’ve grown into a force whose music not just entertains, but also educates.

They are a tremendous example of a band that’s managed to hold it’s audience while making it incrementally wider, and their consistently positive reception gives you the idea that the only way they could make a bad release is if they made one that was wholly unrecognizable as their own. Fortunately for us mere fans, they continue to grow musically, while still maintaining that sound that we’ve all come to love.

Swahili for suffering, the ninth track of their latest album, and very reminiscent of ‘Migingo Express’, Matatizo is an effervescent facelift on the classic Issa Juma tune, proving this band to be a bridge between generations (yet again). The guitar envelops and releases an insistent and familiar melody courtesy of Blinky Bill’s distinctive croon. The backing vocals echo in support, grounded by an electric guitar, and finished off later by the cathedral organ that reflect the introspective feel of this stunning video.

The song was released in a time where peace is paramount to people of Kenya, and acts as a reminder of where we’ve come from.

“Dedicated to the memory of Issac Juma (composer of this song), and all the Kenyans who gave their hearts and bodies so their children could be free.” -Just-a-Band

For more information about the story behind this video, read this.

(via africanartagenda)

6benedrylslater:

Good Life Cover - Alex Boye

Listen to this if you have roots in Africa or love Africa.

This is so fun! AND it there’s some Swahili in it.  I’m not sure why there’s the Ghana/Swahili mix (any insight?), but it’s fantastic nonetheless. 

(Source: 6benadrylslater)

photochillout:

Wedding party in Arusha!  

Heard this song SO OFTEN. I swear, it played in every Tanzanian bar I went to (except for the tourist ones.. only Bob Marley and Them Mushrooms there)

studentofafrica:

SIHITAJI MARAFIKI _ FID Q FT YVONNE MWALE _ TANZANIA (by ericorenge)

A song about betrayal by friends - pretty sad song, but Fid Q and Yvonne Mwale did a great job.  

Nakuhitaji.


I’ve had this Amani song stuck in my head all day!! It’s so bubble-gum pop that it’s annoying, but so dang catchy! 

(Source: Spotify)

africaisdonesuffering:

Kuduro music is changing the electronic music and dance scene one single at a time.

Every day in Angola, people are dancing the night away to some of the freshest beats on the African continent. If you think the songs you listen to while dancing at the bars are intense, you haven’t heard Kuduro music.

If this is the first time you’ve heard of Kuduro, that needs to change ASAP. It is an amazing genre whose name literally means “stiff bottom” or “hard ass” in Portuguese, which is used in Kimbundu language. This name comes from the provocative booty shaking dance moves present in a Kuduro music video that often leads to a tight behind.

Once you start listening to these kinds of songs, believe me, you will not be able to remain sitting. The beat begins to take over your body and dancing becomes compulsory. From these strong dancing urges come moves you didn’t even know you were capable of. You will become twice the dancer you thought you were and pick up some Portuguese along the way.

It’s only fitting that the roots of the genre came in the 1980s. At this time, musicians in Angola’s capital city of Luanda began to mix beats, or “batida,” that sounded very much like hip-hop infused with electronic, with soca, rumba and even some punk thrown in every now and again.

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Click the link for examples of Kuduro musicians and videos! 

(via dynamicafrica)

museke:

Sauti Sol: NPR Music Field Recording There, the Afro-fusion quartet from Nairobi greeted the morning birds and joggers with a version of its recent single, “Love or Leave.”