SAIDI KANDA – VOICE OF TANZANIAN AND EAST AFRICAN ORIGINAL MUSIC

 

There is a reason we promote lions that climb trees in Lake Manyara. There is a reason countries have their own beloved songs. There are many reasons why tourists pay lots of money to go see Kangaroos in Australia or Moshi to scale Mount Kilimanjaro. And it is justified why we should pause and pay attention to a Tanzanian band called Mvula Mandondo Tolekaa. If you don't know what it means, please !Keep on reading. 

WASANII WAKAZI UINGEREZA WAJIUNGA CHINI YA BALOZI MIGIRO

 Moja ya mambo yanayochekesha na kusitikitisha kuhusu Watanzania wakazi Ughaibuni ni kuogopana. Si tu kuogopana kama ilivyo  Afrika nzima, yaani hofu ya kulogana. Wala si tu  kuwa na wasiwasi wa fitina na masengenyo ya eti mwenzako atakujua unakulaje, unalalaje au utawezaje  kumsaidia.

Hofu ya kukwepa ofisi zetu za Ubalozi.

FAB MOSES - MTABIRI WA LONDON ALIYETUNGA WIMBO WA KUSHINDA MAGUFULI

Wakati kampeni za uchaguzi zikiendelea miezi kadhaa iliyopita, Mtanzania mmoja mkazi London alikuwa na mtazamo tofauti. Mwanamuziki na mcheza sarakasi huyu  anaitwa Fab Moses.

“Nyinyi semeni yenu mnayotaka, lakini CCM na Bw John Pombe Magufuli watashinda tu.”

Rais wa Jamhuri ya Tanzania,  J P Magufuli.   Picha ya Blog la Yinga Boy

Fab Moses si maarufu kwa utabiri bali kwa ucha Mungu wake, upole na ukarimu. Si wale wanaojifaragua au kupiga kelele mbele za watu. Mtaratibu anayejishughulisha na kazi mbalimbali za ajira  za uchovu tosha. Chukua mfano siku niliyomtembelea kwake kumfanyia mahojiano haya. Ilibidi miadi ipangwe saa tisa alasiri, maana aliingia kitandani asubuhi hiyo baada ya kazi ya usiku kucha.

SAIDI KANDA PROVES AFRICAN MUSIC IS THE NEEDED PLEASURE

 “His music makes you feel pure joy,” the English lady reflects with sparkling teeth and a smile bright enough to light the semi darkness of Rich Mix, East London. This beautiful club always showcases excellent music from across the globe.... As we speak, couples and singles are close to the stage, gyrating hips and clapping. Men and women dancing further left are trying a Maasai jump, recreation. Minutes later, everyone is waving and dancing and swinging to the Mandela dance, yet another Saidi Kanda creation. Young and old cheer ecstatically while filming on their phones.  Electric atmosphere. That English dame with a sparkle was right. Africa is not just misery, guns and Ebola...

Saidi Kanda, Tanzanian musician, is on fire. 

Saidi Jumanne Kanda  (with Swahili singer, Fab Moses) in action last Sunday, at  Rich Mix.