Tanzania: Propensity to Forge - for How Long, Dear Tanzania?

It began with Congolese music in the early 1960s when the Tanzanian music scene could have been heard anywhere in the streets of Kinshasa and Lubumbashi because our 'jazz' bands- without jazz music -were playing tunes lifted slap-bang into Dar es Salaam entertainment houses from the Congo.

From movement, composition and lyrics: the only difference was, instead of Lingala, the music was immediately dressed up Kiswahili.

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