DJ Duke and MCZO, two Tanzanian rising stars of pulse-raising singeli music genre, were denied a visa to the United States in May after a months-long visa application process. The two musicians were ...

Nyege Nyege Tapes is releasing a second double-vinyl compilation of Tanzanian singeli music, Sounds Of Pamoja. Due out next month, the release takes in 11 tracks and covers the work of seven rappers, ...

Nyege Nyege’s latest snapshot of Tanzanian singeli pairs an avant-garde producer with a local keyboardist; the high-BPM results sound like a loose, extremely weird jam session. Drum-machine loops ...

NTS have released a mini-documentary to support the release of a double-vinyl compilation from Nyege Nyege Tapes showcasing artists working within the genre of singeli. The style, which originated in ...

Singeli is a style of electronic dance music that developed in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in the mid-2000s. The genre fuses incredibly rapid beats, with MCing and more traditional Tanzanian music. It ...

The showbiz scene never sleeps, and we’re here to keep you in the loop with the biggest stories shaking up the region. From a new music genre on UNESCO’s radar to a legendary artist making a comeback, ...

Dar es Salaam — Tanzania's Singeli music is spreading far beyond its roots after American musician Alicia Augello-Cook, known popularly as Alicia Keys decided to incorporate the frenetic music into ...

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