Wahenga (The Ancestors) – stream for free in April
Wahenga (The Ancestors) is now available to screen for free during the month of April.... Read More
Pamoja kwa Muziki | together for the music
Preserving and digitizing Analogue music
Restoring access to heritage
Reviving Radio Tanzania Archives
Celebrating Tanzanian music and culture
Promoting East African creativity and Art
Connecting people through music
Our mission is to support endangered music and share it with the world
Preserving and Digitizing Analogue Music
Digitizing
We preserve and digitize at-risk music before it is lost.
Reviving the Radio Tanzania Archives
Reviving
We uncover the story of Tanzania’s greatest musical collection.
Culture | Heritage | Connection
Connecting people through music
“A country which lacks its own culture is no more than a collection of people
without the spirit which makes them a nation.”
– Julius K. Nyerere, Baba wa Taifa
Celebrating Tanzanian Music and Artists
Celebrating
We bring the country’s musical stories to life.
Promoting East African Culture and Creativity
Promoting
We collaborate with partners to boost the region’s arts and culture.
Connecting people through music
Connecting
We unite people through the universal language of music.
CNN | Inside Africa | THP and Tanzania's endangered music
We were privileged to have the CNN team with us, earlier this year to film something of the work we do at THP alongside some of the old and new masters of Tanzanian Music. We are proud to show the results below. You can also read the partial transcript on this page.
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Tucheze dansi (let’s dance)!
From TanzaniaHeritageProject.org, children dancing “kiduku” at the Leo Mkanyia show during the 2012 Sauti Za... Read More
Promoting Tanzania’s Musical Legends
Every Thursday night at Wantanshi Afro Lounge in Oyster Bay, Dar-es-Salaam, maestro King Kiki and... Read More
The THP interviews with Carol Off on the CBC’s “As It Happens”
Following the broadcast of John Burnett’s story on NPR, the Tanzania Heritage Project has been... Read More
