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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A group is trying to save the station's massive tape archive: music, poetry, drama and speeches that tell the story of the East African nation... Radio Tanzania: A Disappearing History On Tape At the ...

Gospel singers differentiate themselves from their secular counterparts by composing music guided by Biblical teachings. This adherence to religious principles necessitates that these artists lead ...

When she landed in Tanzania as a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar studying development, University alumna Rebecca Corey never expected her trip to end in a crash. But after Corey suffered injuries in a ...

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 ...

There is so much drug use in the Nigerian music industry too, we hope our artistes wil learn from this. Popular Tanzanian singer, Ray C, was rescued by police on Thursday night after she attempted to ...