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01. Juma Nature Feat. Professor Jay - Juma Nature ft. Professor Jay - Umoja Wa Tanzania
02. Wagosi Wa Kaya Feat. The First Mack - Wagosi Wa Kaya ft. The First Mack - Wauguzi
03. Mwana FA Feat. Lady JO - Mwana FA ft. Lady JD - Alikufa Kwa Ngoma
04. Prof. Jay Feat. Juma Nature & Muny - Professor Jay ft. Juma Nature & Muny - Zali La Mentali
05. LWP Majitu - Usinichanganye Mi
06. GK Feat. Lady JO & Eastcoastteam - GK ft. Lady JD & Eastcoastteam - Ama Zangu Ama Zao
07. Gangwe Mobb - Asali Wa Moyo
08. Daz Baba Feat. Mangwair - Daz Baba ft. Mangwair - Wife
09. Daz Nundaz - Maji Ya Shingo (Rmx)
10. Afande Sele Feat. Solo Thang & Prof. Jay - Afande Sele ft. Solo Thang & Professor Jay - Mtazamo
11. K-Sal Feat. Feruzi - K-Sal ft. Feruzi - Mkiwa
12. Sista P. - Anakuja
13. Mr. Ebbo - Mi Mmasai (Rmx)
14. X Plastaz - X-Plastaz - Dunia Dudumizi
ARTIST
TITLE
Bongo Flava: Swahili Rap From Tanzania
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
OH 003CD OH 003CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
3/7/2006

Bongo Flava: Swahili Rap from Tanzania is a 70- minute ride through the streets of Dar es Salaam. It's a look at what youth in present urban East Africa think and dream about. Bongo Flava is the name of a certain type of hip-hop-influenced music which -- unnoticed by the rest of the world -- has become the best selling pop music in East Africa today. It's a music of the post-socialism era channeled by a wave of new private radio stations. The name "bongo flava" comes from the Kiswahili word for brains: ubongo. Bongo is the nickname of Dar es Salaam, and means that you need brains to survive there. Tanzanian youth started rapping in the 1980s fascinated by U.S. hip-hop. They soon developed their own way of doing it and today the music has become a style characterized by the use of local melodies, beats, topics and their own language, Kiswahili. This compilation presents the hits by some of the most important Bongo Flava artists.