Posts about restoring, celebrating & promoting East Africa’s musical heritage

Wahenga documentary teaser

30 Dec 2015

Has John Hall’s epic musical quest come to an end

30 Nov 2012

Every music lover has experienced that thrill of deep connection with a piece of music, and the resulting desire to unearth every last detail...

“Music and Memory”: THP Hosts Artist Seminars

01 Jan 2016

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...

Scenes from the Life of a Tanzanian Musician

12 Jul 2012

11 February, 2012 Leo Mkanyia, a Tanzanian musician with an open face, quick smile, and deep laugh, walks the narrow alleyways of Stone Town, Zanzibar...

Hearing the Stories, Spreading the Word

27 Sep 2012

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...

Tucheze dansi (let’s dance)!

27 Dec 2015

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.

A Pretty Good Crowd for a Friday

08 Feb 2013

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...

The Strokers

04 Sep 2015

The Strokers were a band of musicians from Upanga, Dar es Salaam. The Strokers had two phases, the first phase with musicians including Donald Max,...