Afropop Worldwide Staging | Taking the Pulse in Dar Es Salaam 2023

Afropop Worldwide sums up its 2023 visit to Dar Es Salaam, with live music and interviews.

May 24, 2023

Afropop Worldwide sums up its 2023 visit to Dar Es Salaam, with live music and interviews.

Dar Es Salaam, a deep water port on Tanzania’s Indian Ocean Coast, is a musical powerhouse. This on-the-ground report delves into the city’s top music styles, Bongo Flava, modern taarab, Swahili rumba, local gospel and the latest craze, breakneck-paced singeli music. We hear from artists and producers, sample rehearsals and live shows, and reveal a rich musical world that is far too often overlooked in coverage of African music.

Produced by Banning Eyre

This week, we are pleased to offer a visual version of the program on YouTube, featuring many of our photographs from Dar Es Salaam, 2023!

Produced by:
- Banning Eyre
Artists
- Diamond Platnumz
- Mlimani Park Orchestra
- Professor J
- Alikiba
- Harmonize
- Mzee wa Bwax
- Msondo Ngoma Music Band
- Diakonia Gospel Team
- PK Mr Konk
- Tamimu
- Nandy
- African Star
- Dar Es Salaam Modern Taarab
- John Kitime
- Abdullah Fereshi
- Elidade Sangi
Countries
- Tanzania
Genre
- muziki wa dansi
- singeli
- Swahili rumba
- modern taarab
- Bonga Flava