Artists

Founded in 2003 by artists Kasembe Ungani and Fadhili Mkenda who were both originally with Sisi Tambala, Zemkala is a six-piece band performing a style of music known as "ngwashala" with its roots from the south of Tanzania. Most of the songs they play have Tanzanian roots, combining tradition and read more

Kwani Experience is a 6-piece band from Johannesburg, South Africa. [[[Gritty yet sophisticated with a distinct edge in their attitude, their messages, their look and their sound. Nominated for the South African Music Awards’ ‘Best Newcomer’ category in 2006, 4 times MetroFM Awards Nominees’ and advocates of read more

Seif Shaban popularly known as Matonya has been a household name in the Bongo Flava arena during the whole of 2006. His hit single Vailet wound up the year as the most played song in Tanzania.

Originally from Tanga region, Matonya is a second child in the family of four. He read more

Christine Salem's bewitching voice, accompanied by her kayamb (percussive instrument made of reed stems filled with seeds), takes us on a musical journey across the Indian Ocean. Her songs tell of life with all its joy, hardship and struggle, in the purest Creole and the local Malagasy, read more

Le Tout Puissant Orchestre Poly Rythmo De Cotonou are one of the best kept secrets of West Africa. [[[

“If death took bribes, I would pay a fortune to save my mother and father” sang Poly-Rythmo’s Antoine Dougbé thirty years ago. This read more

The history of the Mauritian reggae-creole group Otentikk Street Brothers begins in 1992. When hanging around in the streets of their hometown [[[Plaisance, a suburb of Rose-Hill]]], like many other youngsters around the globe the two brothers Bruno and Koeny Raya got infected with the hiphop virus, read more