Muziki wa dansi

Music of Tanzania
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Muziki wa Dansi
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Cultural originsLate 1930s
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 Tanzania •  Zanzibar
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Muziki wa dansi (in Swahili: "dance music"), or simply dansi, is a Tanzanian music genre, derivative of Congolese soukous and Congolese rumba. It is sometimes called Swahili jazz because most dansi lyrics are in Swahili, and "jazz" is an umbrella term used in Central and Eastern Africa to refer to soukous, highlife, and other dance music and big band genres. Muziki wa dansi can also be referred to as Tanzanian rumba, as "african rumba" is another name for soukous.[1]

Muziki wa dansi began in the 1930s in the Dar es Salaam area (where most dansi bands come from),and it is still popular in Tanzania, although new generations are more likely to listen to bongo flava or other forms of pop music. Notable dansi bands include DDC Mlimani Park, International Orchestra Safari Sound, Juwata Jazz, Maquis Original, Super Matimila, and Vijana Jazz.[2][3]

  1. ^ Kaduma, Godwin Z. (1978). A theatrical description of five Tanzanian dances (Thesis). Dar es Salaam: University of Dar es Salaam.
  2. ^ Stone, Ruth M., ed. (2008). The Garland Handbook of African Music. New York: Routledge. pp. 14, 46–50, 136–137. ISBN 9781135900014.
  3. ^ Graebner, Werner (1989). "Whose music? The songs of Remmy Ongala and Orchestra Super Matimila". Popular Music. 3 (8). Cambridge University Press: 243–258. doi:10.1017/S0261143000003548. ISSN 1474-0095. S2CID 162437123 – via Cambridge CORE.