PERCUSSIONIST Raphael Padilla used to win a handful of admirers at Msasani Beach Club whenever Gloria Estefan and her Miami Sound Machine performed their golden hits, most notably ‘Rhythm Is Gonna Get ...

For more than a decade, Alikiba and Diamond Platnumz have stood at the centre of Tanzania’s music industry, shaping the trajectory of Bongo Flava and pushing it onto regional and global stages.Their ...

WITH over 15 years of success as a Tanzanian mega star, Diamond Platnumz is second to none in terms of success, but it was a ...

Dar es Salaam. As many continue to embrace the song ‘Siku ya Mwisho’ as a source of daily motivation, for Bongo Flava artist Dayoo, the track carries a far more personal and emotional origin, one ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Tanzanian musical style, known as Bongo Flava, is now becoming popular across Africa. It started in the early 1990s as a Tanzanian version of hip hop and R&B, but back then most artists were not ...

That’s a word you hear a lot when traveling in East Africa. Jambo is “hello” in Swahili, and became part of everyday discourse during a recent two-week trip around northern Tanzania and Zanzibar.