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East African Singers

I listen to some African/Afropop music and as I mentioned in last year's Afropop Round-up post, a lot of it is West African. I do listen to some East African music as well though, so I thought so it would be cool to feature some singers from East African countries today. I do also plan to feature more singers from Cameroon in future, since I'm part Cameroonian. :)

Countries in East Africa include Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda, and Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan. (I believe the last 3 are also partly in Central Africa). Swahili is one of the most widely spoken languages in the region.


TID

First up is TID (real name Khaled Mohammed) from Tanzania. You can read more about him and see the video for his song Zeze (one of my favourite African songs) here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2014/01/weekly-music-video_29.html


Here is a new song from TID featuring Lulu Diva. It's called BAMBA  and was released in March. The song is from TID's latest album The Vocalist.


Find more music from TID on his music channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRfiz7SizVlMaLjcY-aP-aQ


Lizha James

Mozambique is considered partly in the region of East Africa as well as Southern Africa, so for that reason I'm including Mozambican singer Lizha James in this post. :)

Lizha is one of the most popular musicians in Mozambique. Her latest single is Hambanami, released last December.

Check out her 2012 collaboration with Angolan singer Perola (Portuguese language): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2014/02/weekly-music-video_12.html

Here is My Love, which was released in November 2018:





And watch the video for Hambanami here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZkaoKw9t5A


Vanessa Mdee

Next up is Vanessa Mdee, also from Tanzania. These are a few songs by Vanessa previously featured on Star Sparkle:



Vaishnav Jana To for Gandhi (cover of classic Hindi song): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/11/weekly-music-video.html




Here is That's For Me, a single released in January last year. The song features music duo DISTRUCTION BOYZ,  DJ Tira and musician and producer Prince Bulo, who are all from South Africa.


Bey T

Bey T is a rapper and singer from Kenya, who was a finalist in Nigeran born, Ghana based Mr Eazi's emPawa Africa artist accelerator programme last year.


Here is Facetime which came out in August 2018:



And here is Bey T's latest upload, the lyric video for Ndio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icEDWHLq3ss



Zuchu

Zuchu is a new singer from Tanzania who debuted this year. Her real name is Zuhura Kopa and she is from Dar es Salaam. Her mother is Taraab musician Khadija Kopa. Taraab is a musical genre that is popular in Tanzania and Kenya.You can read more about it at the link below:


Zuchu made her debut in April with the EP I Am Zuchu. Her music videos include Hakuna Kalala, Raha and Wana.

This is Wana which I came across on YouTube recently. It's about love at first sight and is from her EP. Wana, which came out in April, is described as Zuchu's debut song as an artist (under her record label).





Also check out Mauzauza, Zuchu's collnrarion with her mum Khadija: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW7LvjTCFEk


For more on Zuchu visit these links:






Hope you liked the post! I don't know many male East African singers but perhaps I can feature more in future. :) Who are your favourite singers from East Africa, or elsewhere in Africa?
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