Artists

The Cultural Arts Centre (CAC) dancers and musicians are an extremely active and energetic troupe.  Their 14 members draw from various ethnic backgrounds to create high energy performances that feature different styles of music and dance from Tanzania including traditional and newly-created dances, and combinations that fuse both.

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Diana Samkange, aka ‘MaNgwenya’ is a Zimbabwean musician based in Harare.

She started her career with an urban music group called 2BG (Two Boys & A Girl) but after a short stint was groomed by the legendary Zimbabwean Afro-Jazz musician Tanga Wekwa Sando, who intensively tutored her vocal read more

Born in Algiers in 2009, the El Dey band fuses diwane music with popular chaabi  styles, flamenco and jazz.  Their charisma and energy on stage is guaranteed to have everyone dancing.

El Dey’s songs and compositions resonate powerfully with a new and read more

Ernest Ikwanga is renowned for his very personal and unique guitar playing. He also composes, produces and is a sound engineer. He started his music journey whilst still at school in 2006, when he released his first solo album Love Your Neighbour.  A year later, together with friends, Ernest created read more

Fatma Zidan is an Egyptian based in Denmark. She is a singer and songwriter who began as a classically-trained harpist aged only 8, then later switched focus to vocals.

Fatma worked with the Cairo Opera while attending Music University, where she immersed herself deeply in the roots of Arabic traditional read more

Grace Matata is a Kilimanjaro Music Awards nominee and afro-soul singer/songwriter from Tanzania. She describes her music as “a unique blend of Swahili soul, RnB and jazz with a special touch of poetry and light, heartwarming melodies”.

Grace has garnered a considerable and loyal fan base since dropping read more