Tanzania

       
Ndala Kasheba


 

Artist Name: Ndala Kasheba
Genre: Rumba (Congolese)
Country: Tanzania, Congo (DRC)

A veteran of the East African music scene, Ndala Kasheba has been an important musical force in Tanzania since the 1970's when he first immigrated to Dar Es Salaam from the Congo. He is known as one of the greatest African guitarists, appointed the title "Maestro" by his fans. Ndala Kasheba's music bears the stamp of his Congolese roots.
 

With his booming tenor voice and big band ambiance, one inevitably thinks of Franco in his prime. But Kasheba has a number of distinguishing qualities in his Swahili rumba sound, most notably his use of an electrified, 12-string acoustic guitar, which he overdubs to create a gorgeous, chiming ambiance.   – Banning Eyre, Courtesy Afropop Worldwide: www.afropop.org 
   


Ndala Kasheba
Album:  Yellow Card
Released October 2002
Total: 10 songs

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Ndala Kasheba - Yellow Card

 


Ndala Kasheba
Album:  Refugees
Released July 2006
Total:  4 songs

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Ndala Kasheba - Refugees
 
        Hukwe Zawose


 

Artist Name: Hukwe Zawose
Genre: African Pop
Country: Tanzania

Tanzanian multi-instrumentalist Hukwe Ubi Zawose was born at a time when his East African nation was lorded over by British colonizers, who claimed the so-called Tanganyika territory after World War I. The British then established Tanzania, using the name in an attempt to forge a national identity from the territory's 120-plus different cu