In September 2015, I spent five days in Nairobi, Kenya. Our East African music collection needed refreshing so I spent my time hunting down the hotspots for CD outlets and music production and live performance. The most memorable live performance was by Tanzanian Msafiri Zawose, master of the zeze a 10-string, harp lute. He’s leader […]
An Evening with Msafiri Zawose and the Sauti Band
Posted November 25th, 2015 at 11:04 am (UTC-5)
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Unreleased recording of the Cuban Marimba Band
Posted January 14th, 2008 at 11:39 pm (UTC-5)
In early 1973 the Public Affairs Officer at the United States Information Agency office in Tanzania received a request from David Wakati of Radio Tanzania. Mr. Wakati had previously worked at the Voice of America in Washington D.C. and later became the director of broadcasting at Radio Tanzania, from 1979 to 1991. Radio Tanzania needed […]
