Artists

British Council supports young emerging artists through their WaPi (Words and Pictures) programme that has provided platforms for youth to showcase their talents in many countries around Africa. In Tanzania, during 2009 WaPi has visited Iringa, Arusha and Mwanza as well as hosting regular events in Dar es Salaam and read more

Elias Barnabas, aka Barnabas Classic, started in music aged 16 after joining Tanzania House of Talent (THT) in 2007. He has grown to be a prominent singer-songwriter and guitarist, with many hit songs including Njia Panda and Hawajui (Vanessa Mdee), Lonely (Linah), Upepo, Kizunguzungu and Promise (Recho), Anamalele and Chuna read more

The name Adé Bantu stands for the probably most successful Afrobeat-artist of our time, resident in Europe. After having received broad public attention for being the initiator of the famous project Brothers Keepers, he now seems to have found the perfect partner in the Afrobeat Academy in order to put read more

Mani Martin was born in 1988 in the Western Province of Rwanda. Aged only nine years old, his musical talents were discovered by his teacher whilst singing for his classmates in primary school. During 2000, when he was eleven, he recorded twelve gospel tracks that became popular in churches read more

Banana Zorro is one of Tanzania's most popular musicians. The son of legendary singer Ally Zorro, he recorded with his father and produced two tracks called Anakudanganya and Big Boss. On the back of these singles, he joined the group BloveM (Banana loves Masiga).

[[[In 2002, he released his debut album, read more

Kijiji Family The Big Nation started in 2004 and have been busy redefining the local "zenji flava" (Zanzibar hiphop) scene. They perform regularly in Zanzibar and have been invited to play in other parts of the country including Morogoro, Tanga and Dar es Salaam. In 2006 and 2007 they won read more