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"Jambo Bwana" by Them Mushrooms was a huge commercial success, selling over 200,000 copies between 1982 and 1987 and getting platinum certification in Kenya. As a consequence of this popularity, many other bands covered the songs, in some cases with a similar success; the version by Safari Sound Band, in particular, is one of the most played songs in tourist venues in East Africa. [4]
"Haba Haba" is a pop song with afro-fusion influence, written by Stella and composed by Beyond51 and Big City. The song is bilingual, with lyrics in English and Swahili, marking the first time Swahili or any other East African language was performed at the contest. [3] The lyrics describe how "a journey of a million miles starts with one single ...
Tanzania Nakupenda Kwa Moyo Wote" is a Swahili-language patriotic song about Tanzania in East Africa. [1] The song's history and authorship is uncertain, but stretches back to the colonial days, when then it was sung as thus " Tanganyika, Tanganyika nakupenda kwa moyo wote ."
Malaika Nakupenda Malaika is a Swahili song written by Tanzanian artist, Adam Salim in 1945 and recorded for the first time by Kenyan musician, Fadhili William.This song is possibly the most famous of all Swahili love songs in Tanzania, Kenya and the entire East Africa, as well as being one of the most widely known of all Swahili songs in the world.
The music of Kenya is very diverse, with multiple types of folk music based on the variety over 50 regional languages. [1] Zanzibaran taarab music has also become popular, as has hip hop, reggae music, soul, soukous, zouk, rock and roll, funk and Europop. Additionally, there is a growing western classical music scene and Kenya is home to a ...
Ubongo is a social enterprise based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, that creates edutainment and educational children's television series in Africa. They produce two shows: Ubongo Kids, for 7–12 year olds, and Akili and Me, for 3–6 year olds. In the five years since the first episode of Ubongo Kids aired, Ubongo's shows have become relatively ...
The title is Swahili for "Ask Mokomba", and the Disney Channel was noted to be "surely the only channel this side of public access to title a program in Swahili". [3] Disney Channel executive Rich Ross commented on the Swahili title that "If we can have ' Hakuna Matata ', we can have 'Omba Mokomba'", referencing the popularity of the song from ...
Unlike previous music by Ongala, the album contains songs in both English and Swahili, as opposed to just Swahili. [3] Ongala decided to write and sing some songs in English so that he could reach a wider audience. [1] The album tackles social themes, [9] and features both elegies and sorrowful laments. [8]