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Tanzania Heritage ProjectJuly 22nd, 2017 at 1:42am
Tanzania Heritage Project work with field recording and organising concerts appears in a recent article on Forbes Africa. A lovely reminder of the Urithi wa Leo show we presented last year and working with Ze spirits band, Msafiri Zawose, and Nafasi Art Space.

"Seventy-two-year-old Warema Chacha is a well-known litungu player, a stringed instrument of the Kurya tribe from north-western Tanzania. The older he gets, the more determined he is to pass on his knowledge and love for music to younger generations.

“I often tell young people that it’s important to value your own culture, because in this way you can know yourself better. You won’t know it by playing bongo flava,” he says at his house in Bagamoyo, 60 kilometers from Dar es Salaam.

“Many times when you don’t appreciate your own things they can disappear. If someone comes to me, I can help and teach him to play the instrument, even making him one for free,” he adds showing a self-made litungu.

He has already encouraged his grandson Ally, who plays on the African drums in a popular band Ze Spirits, to also take litungu lessons.

“The litungu is not well known and we are the only ones who can save it from disappearing and introduce it to the world because we are close to Chacha, who knows everything about this instrument,” says 21-year-old Sajaly Sharif, Ally’s friend from the band that plays afro-fusion, a mix of traditional and modern music. “This can also be a good marketing strategy for us. Like most bands, we also play the guitar, but if you go to America or Europe, you’ll find people who do it better. We can be the kings of the litungu though. And thanks to this, people may be more interested in our music,” he adds.

https://www.forbesafrica.com/life/2017/06/30/family-thought-lost-mind/
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‘My Family Thought I Had Lost My Mind’ - Forbes Africa
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In Tanzania, music is played everywhere: on crowded, colorful streets, in dala dalas (minibus taxis), and in roadside bars, which serve grilled corn and roasted pistachios. Tanzanians even walk as if they are dancing. This …
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Tanzania Heritage Project
Tanzania Heritage ProjectJuly 22nd, 2017 at 1:42am
What's inside? Info about the upcoming Performance Art workshop, an exciting exhibition opening next Monday, a film screening, and announcing the Line-up for April's Wikiendi Live! - Kenneth Mugabi (UG), Abeneko (TZ), and Marahaba Band (TZ)
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NAFASI'S APRIL NEWSLETTER - Your monthly calendar of arts and culture events in Dar
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We will host a workshop in conceptual performance art, a relatively novel and unexplored art form in the Tanzanian art scene.
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Tanzania Heritage ProjectJuly 22nd, 2017 at 1:42am
Makadem, who mixes traditional sounds with contemporary flair, is here in Dar to play at Wikiendi LIVE. We can't wait for his show TONIGHT at Nafasi Art Space!
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MAKADEM BIO & ONLINE LINKS Makadem is a talented musician and vibrant performing artiste. His stage presence, charismatic persona and powerful vocal delivery have had him likened to the legendary King of Afro-Beat, Fela Kuti; and his soulful folk ballads have earned him comparisons to the legendary Bob Dylan. Makadem has toured widely in Europe, including at the opening of the Cannes Film Festival in France in May 2012. In 2014 he was a headline act at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival held in Washington DC. -My YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjJlbzgXClJikT7QeznFynQ -My Facebook fan page https://www.facebook.com/olovamakadem -My twitter handle @makadem https://www.twitter.com/makadem -Instagram is https://instagram.com/mak_adem -https://www.soundcloud.com/makadem-1 -Reverbnation Check out makadem on ReverbNation http://rvrb.fm/1HPgjaT www.makadem.com -Email; Info@makadem.com -Makadem albums on sales; Ohanglaman- https://itunes.apple.com/ke/album/ohanglaman/id459140230 New album Koko Rio- https://itunes.apple.com/ke/album/koko-rio/id965106306
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Tanzania Heritage ProjectJuly 22nd, 2017 at 1:42am
This Friday, we invite you all to a night of soulful music by the students of Music Mayday Tanzania. The concert will benefit the music school -- the only one of its kind in Dar, providing musical education to young Tanzanians. Then, the following night, we hope you will join us at Nafasi Art Space for Wikiendi Live! ft Makadem, Bbrave, and Jhikoman. Also happening tonight is Barazani - A Multicultural Night at Alliance Française, featuring a performance and album launch by Leo Mkanyia. So many opportunities to hear great music!
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Tanzania Heritage ProjectJuly 22nd, 2017 at 1:42am
Wikiendi Live! is here! Don't miss Saturday's show.
Tanzania Heritage Project
Wikiendi Live! is here! Don't miss Saturday's show.
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, one for DJs and the other for visual artists. Check out the posters below and don't miss your chance to sign up and learn new artistic skills!
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