Last week, NPR ran a fascinating story about a radio station in Tanzania. Radio Tanzania used to be the only radio station in the entire country and deeply embedded in the national identity. After the ...

A song goes viral, dominates playlists and becomes a favourite in nightclubs.Fans sing along to every line, social media fills with clips, and the artist becomes the talk of the town.Yet, when the ...

At the archives of Radio Tanzania, more than 15,000 reel-to-reel tapes are stacked in floor-to-ceiling shelves. Each band, musician and recording date is painstakingly notated. The tapes reside inside ...

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 ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

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 ...

Excel Michael Haonga has wanted to be a music teacher for as long as he can remember. His journey to hone his music skills has taken him from his native Tanzania to Norway, Uganda and now to the ...

Every now and then I listen to a song and think of all the musicians who have called world music a ghetto, complaining that it prevents them from being evaluated as they deserve. I thought of it again ...

The celebrated music icon failed to feature in the list of nominees for the Tanzania Music Awards, a government fronted venture that will see the best in the country get recognised next month ...

When Aija Reke was young, education enabled her to escape poverty. Now a violin teacher, she wants to give the same gift to others. Reke (CFA’15,’26) grew up in Latvia, in a house with no heat or ...