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List Of Tanzanians
This is a list of notable people from Tanzania. Artists * George Lilanga (1934–2005), Makonde artist Business people * Ali Mufuruki (1959–2019) * Mohammed Dewji (born 1975) * Reginald Mengi (c.1943–2019) Musicians * Diamond Platnumz (born 1989), artist, songwriter and dancer * Bill Nass (born 1993), rapper * Ali Kiba (born 1980), artist, singer-songwriter, dancer and actor * Nahreel (born 1989), producer, artist in Navy Kenzo Duo group * Cool James (1970–2002), rapper * Dully Sykes (born 1981), rapper * Joseph Haule (Professor Jay) (born 1975), rapper * Baby Madaha (born 1988), singer * Ray C (born 1982), artist, singer-songwriter * Harmonize (born 1991), musician * Saida Karoli (born 1976), singer * Bi Kidude (c. 1910s–2013), Zanzibari Taarab singer * George Kinyonga (died 1992), Kenyan/Tanzanian musician * Wilson Kinyonga (died 1995), Kenyan/Tanzanian musician * Lady Jaydee (born 1979), pop singer * Joseph Mbilinyi (Mr. II) (born 1972), rapper * Rose M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanzania
Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to the south; Zambia to the southwest; and Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain, is in northeastern Tanzania. According to the United Nations, Tanzania has a population of million, making it the most populous country located entirely south of the equator. Many important hominid fossils have been found in Tanzania, such as 6-million-year-old Pliocene hominid fossils. The genus Australopithecus ranged across Africa between 4 and 2 million years ago, and the oldest remains of the genus ''Homo'' are found near Lake Olduvai. Following the rise of '' Homo erectus'' 1.8 million years ago, humanity spread ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bi Kidude
Fatima binti Baraka (in Arabic: فاطمة بنت بركة) (c. 1910 – 17 April 2013), also known as Bi Kidude, was a Zanzibari-born Tanzanian Taarab singer. She has been called the "queen of Taarab and Unyago music" and was inspired by Siti binti Saad. Born in the village of Mfagimaringo, Bi Kidude was the daughter of a coconut seller in colonial Zanzibar. Bi Kidude's exact date of birth is unknown and much of her life story is uncorroborated, but she was believed to be the oldest touring singer in the world before her death. In 2005, Bi Kidude received the WOMEX award for her contribution to music and culture in Zanzibar. She was the subject of two documentaries by film maker Andrew Jones. Awards and nominations Honours Awards * 2005 WOMEX award Nominations *2011 Tanzania Music Awards - Best Collaboration & Best Traditional Song ('Ahmada' with Offside trick) See also * Music of Tanzania * Taarab Taarab is a music genre popular in Tanzania and Kenya. It is influe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hukwe Zawose
Hukwe Ubi Zawose (1938 or 1940, Dodoma, Tanganyika – December 30, 2003, Bagamoyo, Tanzania) was a prominent Tanzanian musician. He was a member of the Gogo ethnic group and played the ''ilimba'', a large lamellophone similar to the ''mbira'', as well as several other traditional instruments. He was also a highly regarded singer. He came to national and international attention after Julius Nyerere invited him to live and work in Dar es Salaam. He also gained attention for his work with Peter Gabriel, and released two albums ('' Chibite'' and ''Assembly'') on Gabriel's Real World Records label. His final release before his death, ''Assembly'', was a collaborative effort with producer/guitarist Michael Brook. At the 2005 Tanzania Music Awards he was given the Hall of Fame Award. His family is included in the 2009 documentary ''Throw Down Your Heart'', which follows American banjo player Béla Fleck as he journeys through Africa. Discography *1985 - ''Tanzania Yetu'' – Hukwe Z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nakaaya Sumari
Nakaaya Sumari (born September 3, 1982 in Arusha) is a Tanzanian singer and rapper. She is the eldest of five children. Her younger sister, Nancy Sumari, was Miss Tanzania 2005 and Miss World Africa. Nakaaya was a featured star of the African Great Lakes region's first reality TV show called "Tusker Project Fame", that aired from October 1 to December 17, 2006. The show had aspiring singers from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania all living together and receiving training in the music business. She lasted five weeks on the seven-week program. After the show, Nakaaya returned to Tanzania to record her first album. In February 2008, she released her debut album, ''Nervous Conditions''. The album was released independently and sold well although it was only released in cd format. The first single, Malaika did well on radio, but the follow-up single, Mr. Politician was a huge hit across the African Great Lakes region. The video enjoyed wide rotation and made Nakaaya hugely popular. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siti Binti Saad
Siti binti Saad (1880–1950) was a pioneering artist in the taarab genre of east African music. The first East African singer to make commercial recordings, she made over 150 gramophone recordings during her lifetime. She also introduced a new Indian-inspired element of dance and pantomime into taarab music, called ''natiki''. In an era in which male singers predominated, she was a pioneer as a woman singer in the genre. In contrast to previous singers who only sang in Arabic, she also sang in Swahili. She sang in cities of the coast of Tanganyika and Zanzibar. The peak of her career was from 1928 to 1939, but she remained active until her death in 1950. Subsequent to her death, more women singers appeared in formerly all-male singing clubs. Taarab also became performed mostly in Swahili rather than in Arabic. History Siti binti Saad was born in the village of Fumba, Zanzibar sometime around the year 1880. As a child, she was known by the nickname 'Mtumwa' (slave) because of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethnomusicology
Ethnomusicology is the study of music from the cultural and social aspects of the people who make it. It encompasses distinct theoretical and methodical approaches that emphasize cultural, social, material, cognitive, biological, and other dimensions or contexts of musical behavior, in addition to the sound component. Within musical ethnography it is the first-hand personal study of musicking as known as the act of taking part in a musical performance. Folklorists, who began preserving and studying folklore music in Europe and the US in the 19th century, are considered the precursors of the field prior to the Second World War. The term ''ethnomusicology'' is said to have been coined by Jaap Kunst from the Greek words ἔθνος (''ethnos'', "nation") and μουσική (''mousike'', "music"), It is often defined as the anthropology or ethnography of music, or as musical anthropology.Seeger, Anthony. 1983. ''Why Suyá Sing''. London: Oxford University Press. pp. xiii-xvii. Du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imani Sanga
Imani Sanga is Professor of Music in the Department of Creative Arts, formerly called Department of Fine and Performing Arts, in the College of Humanities at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He teaches courses in Ethnomusicology, Philosophy of Music, Composition and Choral Music. And he conducts the university choir. Life Born in 1972, Imani Sanga was educated at Chimala Primary School, Kidugala Lutheran Seminary, University of Dar es Salaam and the University of KwaZulu-Natal. He earned his BA in 1999 and MA in 2001, both from the University of Dar es Salaam. He earned his PhD degree from the University of KwaZulu-Natal in 2006. He wrote his PhD dissertation entitled ''Muziki wa Injili: Temporal and Spatial Aesthetics of Popular Church Music in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (1980s–2005)'' under the supervision of Professor Beverly Parker. He spent August to December 2007 as a research scholar at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Mount Holyoke College, through th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tumi Molekane
Tumi Molekane (born 16 August 1981) is a Tanzanian-born South African rapper and poet. He was the lead vocalist of Tumi and the Volume, that was officially disbanded in 2012. In 2016 Tumi relaunched himself as Stogie T and released an eponymous album titled '' 'Stogie T' '' which featured Da L.E.S, Lastee, Emtee, Nasty C, Nadia Nakai & Yanga. He has 2 singles from the album. The first single "Diamond Walk" features rapper Nadia Nakai in the video. His second single from the album ''By Any Means'' which features a hook and verses from Emtee and Yanga. Background Tumi and the Volume also comprises the members of the Mozambican band 340ml. Molekane was born in Tanzania while his South African parents lived in exile there. In 1992 he repatriated to South Africa and took up residence in Soweto. Music career In 2005, Tumi recorded the song "Trade Winds" with Cincinnati-based rapper Main Flow. In 2006 he published his debut album, ''Music from My Good Eye'', through his record la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benga Music
Benga is a musical genre, genre of Kenyan popular music. It evolved between the late 1940s and late 1960s, in Kenya's capital city of Nairobi. In the 1940s, the African Broadcasting Service in Nairobi aired a steady stream of soukous, South African kwela, Soukous, Congolese Fingerpicking, finger-style guitar and various kinds of Cuban dance music that heavily influenced emergence of benga. There were also popular folk songs of Kenya's Luo (family of ethnic groups), Luo peoples that formed the base on benga creation. Luo Benga The Luo of Kenya have long played an eight-string lyre called ''nyatiti'', and guitarists from the area sought to imitate the instrument's syncopation, syncopated melody, melodies. In benga, the electric bass guitar is played in a style reminiscent of the nyatiti. As late as the turn of the twentieth century, this bass in nyatiti supported the rhythm essential in transmitting knowledge about society through music. Opondo Owenga of Gem Yala, Kenya, Yal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Owino Misiani
Daniel Owino Misiani (22 February 1940 – 17 May 2006) was a Tanzanian-born musician based in Kenya, where he led the Shirati Jazz collective. He was known as the "King of History" in Kenya; overseas and in Tanzania, he was known as "the grandfather of benga", which he pioneered. Early life and career Misiani was born in Nyamagongo, a quiet village just north of Shirati in Mara Region, Tanzania, close to the eastern shore of Lake Victoria and the border with Kenya. His parents were singers, but opposed his choice of a musical career on religious grounds. Nevertheless, he moved to Kenya in the 1960s to be a musician. He first recorded with the Victoria Boys in 1965. The band changed its name many times before becoming popular as Shirati Jazz band. He sang mostly in Dholuo and Swahili languages. He is known as a pioneering contributor to the Benga music genre. During his long career he released numerous recordings, with some international releases. He was imprisoned on several o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rose Mhando
Rose Mhando, known professionally as Rose Muhando (born 1976), is a Tanzanian singer, songwriter and choreographer. She is regarded as one of the best gospel singers of her generation with popular songs like 'Uwe Macho', 'Yesu Nakupenda', 'Secret Agenda' among other songs. She was born and raised in Kilosa district, Morogoro region, Tanzania. Background Muhando, a former devout Muslim and mother of three, claims to have seen a vision of Jesus Christ while indisposed on her sick bed at the age of nine, having suffered for three years, after which she was healed and later converted to Christianity. Career Muhando started her music career as a choir teacher in Dodoma's Saint Mary's Choir for the Chimuli Anglican Church. On 31 January 2005, she won best composer, best singer, and best album of the year at the Tanzania Gospel Music Award Concert. In December 2005 she participated in a gospel concert to help raise funds for a Dar es Salaam orphanage. In February 2011, she signe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Jaydee
Judith Wambura Mbibo (born 15 June 1979), known by her stage name Lady Jaydee also referred to as ''"Lady JayDee in town"'' or ''"Lady Jay Dee"'', is a Tanzanian singer. She specializes in the R&B, Zouk (musical movement), Zouk and Afro Pop genres. Lady Jaydee was voted Best Tanzanian Female R&B Artist in 2002, performed at the Kora (instrument), Kora All Africa Designers Competition, and was awarded "Best R&B Album" at the Tanzania Music Awards on 6 August 2004. In July 2005, she won an award for "best female video for South Africa". She was among the first females to sing R&B in Swahili language, Swahili. Lady Jaydee is signed to one of Africa's most successful music labels, Taurus Musik. She is also known as the Queen of Bongo Flava (Tanzanian Music). Early life and education Lady Jay Dee was born in Shinyanga Tanzania in a family of ten children. Her late father is Lameck Mbibo and her mother is Martha Mbibo. She completed her primary school education at Bugoyi Primary School ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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