Wahenga (The Ancestors) – stream for free in April
Wahenga (The Ancestors) is now available to screen for free during the month of April. We hope that the music and story in the film... Read More
Pamoja kwa Muziki | together for the music
THP Blog
From The Archive: Radio Tanzania
Read David Tinning’s article about the plight of the Radio Tanzania archive here… OkayAfrica is an influential Africa-focused blog run out of New York.
THP’s digitization efforts in the news
THP featured in an article in Radio World 06.05.2015: Prism Sound Helps Preserve Tanzanian Music Extract: Using Prism Sound’s Lyra audio interface, along with the... Read More
“Music and Memory”: THP Hosts Artist Seminars
In July and August of 2015, THP organized artist seminars held at the school under the banner of “Music and Memories”, in which Tanzanian musicians... Read More
Talking to CNN about THP
CNN Video : Bringing Swahili to the world stage. THP features from 7.00 mins onwards but the whole video is interesting. In the interview we... Read More
Tucheze dansi (let’s dance)!
From TanzaniaHeritageProject.org, children dancing “kiduku” at the Leo Mkanyia show during the 2012 Sauti Za Busara (Sounds of Wisdom) music festival in Stone Town, Zanzibar.
Leo Mkanyia
Leo Mkanyia playing live in Stonetown, Zanzibar. Video by Geert van den Boogaard in cooperation with the Tanzania Heritage Project.
Benjamin Wa Mambo Jambo
Benjamin Wa Mambo Jambo talking about the importance of preserving the rich musical history of Tanzania. Interview by Benson Rukantabula. Video by Rebecca Corey on... Read More
Digitization with MusicMayday
On 10 July 2015, we worked with students at the MusicMayday school in Dar es Salaam to digitize a few tapes from the THP reel-to-reel... Read More
Project Update – Moving Forward
Firstly, apologies for the lack of updates over the past couple of months. That’s not to say things haven’t been moving along at the THP,... Read More
Surface Noise: a Brief Look at Vinyl in Tanzania
“Somebody was trying to tell me that CDs are better than vinyl because they don’t have any surface noise. I said, “Listen, mate, life has surface... Read More
WE CALL IT JAZZ
THP catches up with retired British doctor Julian Shelley, a conscientious objector to National Service who found himself hosting a popular jazz radio show in... Read More
A Pretty Good Crowd for a Friday
Ahead of their headlining appearance at Sauti za Busara festival in Zanzibar on February 15th, Nils von der Assen recalls a night dancing to Mlimani... Read More
Has John Hall’s epic musical quest come to an end
Every music lover has experienced that thrill of deep connection with a piece of music, and the resulting desire to unearth every last detail... Read More
Radio Tanzania on Afropop Worldwide
One of our favorite sites, Afropop Worldwide, just ran a great piece on the Radio Tanzania archive and our initiative to save it. Afropop is... 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 overwhelmed by an outpouring of enthusiasm and support for the... Read More
THP interviews Yvonne Mwale
Yvonne Mwale Yvonne Mwale is a Zambian-born singer whose soulful cross-genre music blends Afro-jazz, world fusion, and reggae. After her parents died when she was... Read More
Hearing the Stories, Spreading the Word
by David Tinning Ahead of the muziki wa dansi festival this weekend in Dar es Salaam, the Tanzania Heritage Project team had the pleasure of spending the... Read More