THE WIKIENDI LIVE! SHOW A celebration of contemporary art from around Tanzania and beyond! By Kwame Mchauru
February 29th marked another milestone for WIKIENDI LIVE! show . The event was spectacular as it captivated a huge number of music enthusiasts across Dar es Salaam, who came to enjoy live music from various traditional and modern artistes in Tanzania. It was a joyous moment to see revellers enjoy the rhythms from different genres.”
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he event was graced by various artists who brought different flavors of music, quenching the thirst of revellers with their preferred genres which included traditional music, Singeli, dance and acrobatic shows! Yves Kami,a Burundian composer who has forged his 36 I Dar Life I MARCH 2020
Afro blues style inspired by Burundi royal drums wowed her audience in an amazing way, leaving them wanting for more. Among other performances for the night were Remi & The Cocodo Band, a set that got the audience on their feet from the word go!.Remi and the Cocodo
Band plays an exhilarating blend of Afro beat fusion-laced with Tanzanian rhythms in the traditional Gonga style. Talking about energy and skill, one can not forget ‘The La Luna’, a group that performs traditional music mixing it with acrobatics. The young men and women who make up La Luna
