New Music out of Tanzania

Posted on 14 April 2010 by Codrin Arsene

Benjamin wa Mambo, photo credit: Facebook

Art in Tanzania is an NGO operating in East Africa with projects in Tanzania and Ethiopia. One of their amazing initiatives has been to promote and support local artists and assist them with recording and promoting their music. This project has had some success and the organization is working on new strategies that will give their projects more media exposure. Recently, one of the young artists that joined the project finished recording an awesome song and this post is primarily dedicated to that. The artist is called Benjamin Wa Mambo and the song is called Nimefulia. You can listen to the song here. Also, the artist is on Facebook so if you want to add and express your support for his work, you are welcome to do so. Enjoy! Also, if you have any interest in volunteering in Tanzania you should definitely try to get in touch with the people at Art in Tanzania. They have over 1500 volunteers working on their projects every year.

This video gives you an idea of a project led by Art in Tanzania:

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