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 ...

Despite how the year ends, Tanzania’s creative industry has always pulsed with energy, imagination, and cultural pride.2025 marked another year when the country’s talent not only captured national ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Tanzanian music industry is facing an unprecedented moment of tension as fan boycotts of local artistes continue to grow.At the centre of the debate is Francis Antony Ciza, popularly known as ...

KALAMAZOO --The songs of Israel and Tanzania will come to Kalamazoo, by way of the Northern Illinois University Chamber Choir. Michigan Festival of Sacred Music is bringing the choir to the First ...

THERE was a time, dear reader, when turning on the television and seeing the neon MTV logo flicker in the corner of the screen felt like receiving a personal emotional telegram from someone who ...

“When I said to everybody that I wanted to branch into music full-time, there were a lot of naysayers, and people who weren’t too positive with the idea or notion of me branching into music,” she ...

Tanzanian hills are alive with the sound of music thanks to a family of missionaries originally from Illinois. Randy and Carol Stubbs and their children, Megan, 17, Marissa, 16, and Nathan, 14, all ...