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The five music genres in Tanzania, as defined by BASATA are, ngoma, dansi, kwaya, and taarab, with bongo flava being added in 2001. [1] [2] Singeli has since the mid-2000s been an unofficial music of uswahilini, unplanned communities in Dar es Salaam, and is the newest mainstream genre since 2020. [3]
Bongo Flava. Bongo Flava is a nickname for Tanzanian music. [1] The genre developed in the 1990s, mainly as a derivative of American hip hop and traditional Tanzanian styles such as taarab and dansi, with additional influences from reggae, R&B, and afrobeats, to form a unique style of music. [2]
The five music genres in Tanzania, as defined by BASATA are, ngoma, dansi, kwaya, and taarab, with bongo flava added in 2001. [14] [15] Singeli has since the mid- 2000's been an unofficial music of uswahilini , unplanned communities in Dar es Salaam , and is the newest mainstream genre since 2020.
Taarab. Taarab is a music genre popular in Tanzania and Kenya. [1] [2] It is influenced by the musical traditions of the African Great Lakes, North Africa, the Middle East, and the Indian subcontinent. Taarab rose to prominence in 1928 with the advent of the genre's first star, Siti binti Saad. [3] [4]
Diamond is the cousin of Tanzanian socialite-cum-DJ, Romeo Abdul Jones, professionally known as Romy Jones. He also has two sisters, musician Queen Darleen, and entrepreneur-socialite Esma Platnumz. In 2010, he endorsed Tanzania's dominant ruling party, the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) and its presidential candidate, Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete.
Tanzania Nakupenda Kwa Moyo Wote. " Tanzania Nakupenda Kwa Moyo Wote " is a Swahili-language patriotic song about Tanzania in East Africa. [1] The song's history and authorship is uncertain, but stretches back to the colonial days, when then it was sung as thus " Tanganyika, Tanganyika nakupenda kwa moyo wote ." [citation needed]
Bongo flava is Tanzanian pop music originating in the early 2000s from muziki wa kizazi kipya, meaning "Music of the new generation", which originated in the late 1980s. Kizazi kipya's dominant influences were reggae , RnB , and hip hop , where as the later bongo flava's dominant influences are taarab and dansi. [263]
Muziki wa dansi (in Swahili: "dance music"), or simply dansi, is a Tanzanian music genre, derivative of Congolese soukous and Congolese rumba.It is sometimes called Swahili jazz because most dansi lyrics are in Swahili, and "jazz" is an umbrella term used in Central and Eastern Africa to refer to soukous, highlife, and other dance music and big band genres.