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She later appeared in “Oprah”, a movie by the late Steven Kanumba and his boss Mtitu Game. Her performance convinced the directors to cast her in further movies like “Family Tears” and “Red Valentine”. Her subsequently movies includes Kipenzi Changu, Family Tears, Red Valentine, Surprise, Chaguo Langu, Candy, Taxi Driver and many ...
Tanzania's film industry, also known as Swahiliwood or Bongo movie (a portmanteau of Swahili, Tanzania's official language, and Hollywood) and Bongowood, [1] was established around 2001. [ 2 ] Films produced with low budgets, short schedules and camcorders are referred to colloquially as "bongo films" and are mass-released in DVD format.
Going Bongo is a 2015 American-Tanzanian comedy drama film directed by Dean Matthew Ronalds and produced by Brian Ronalds. The film stars Ernest Napoleon and features Emanuela Galliussi , Nyokabi Gethaiga and Ashley Olds .
Kajala Masanja is an actress and film star in Tanzania. [1] [2] She won the 2016 EATV (East Africa Television) award for actress. [3]She was married to former banker Faraji Chambo.
George Tyson, born George Okumu Otieno (1973–2014) was a Kenyan filmmaker who worked mainly in Tanzania.A 'bongo movie' director, he was "regarded as one of the best commercial directors in the country" [1] and as the "godfather of Bongowood".
Irene Pancras Uwoya (born December 18, 1988), is a Tanzanian actress, producer and entrepreneur she is best known for her career name Irene Uwoya and for her movie role Oprah. Beginning her professional career in 2007 along with others bongo movie actors such as Vincent Kigosi , Steven Kanumba and many more.
Bongo aired as an individual episode on a 1955 episode of the Walt Disney anthology series with new introductory segments, which used Jiminy Cricket's narration and singing in lieu of Dinah Shore's. The short was released separately in 1989 in the Walt Disney Mini-Classics VHS line.
A composer and drummer, Costanzo is best known for having been a bongo player, and was nicknamed "Mr. Bongo". He visited Havana three times in the 1940s and learned to play Afro-Cuban rhythms on the bongos and congas. Costanzo started as a dancer, touring as a team with his wife before World War II.