Artists

Jaymoe is one of Tanzania's most popular and respected artists in the bongo flava scene. He started in the field of music in 1999 with his own group called Sewer Celibacy. They won the Star Search contest and quickly got a record deal with P Funk's legendary Bongo Records label, read more

Born Joseph Mayanja, Chameleone is known for his stimulating live performances, and is revered as one of East Africa's most versatile, creative and crowd-pleasing artists. He is frequently in demand regionally and internationally. Chameleone has been nominated for Kora Awards, Golden Awards, MOBO Awards and has won two PAM (Pearl read more

Juma Kassim Mohamed Kiroboto, aka Juma Nature, is one of East Africa's most talented and loved hiphop artists. His ability to play with words and creativity in composition and flowing "kighettoghetto" is something which most hiphop artists in the world fail to come close to. Nature is one of the read more

Kara Sylla Ka’s voice is sublime and his music is sophisticated, melodious and varied. From Afro to acoustic reggae, to folk, soul and blues, Kara enjoys going smoothly back and forth from one to another mixing modern and traditional sounds. Kara’s work has always been inspired by the talented Peulh read more

Kassim Hemed Mganga is originally from Tanga region but received his primary and secondary education in Dar es Salaam. He started in music during 2002. A few years later in 2005, he released his first song Shanaiza, but despite receiving radio airplay it didn't really hit. In 2006 he released read more

'Kidum' is the name given to a 20-litre jerry can in Kirundi, the official language spoken in Burundi. His mother gave him that nickname due to his chubbiness as a child. Ironically, Kidum (whose ‘real’ name is Jean-Pierre Nimbona) taught himself to play the drums by practicing on read more