Mseto Wahapahapa
Music and lyrics are perfectly matched in this thought-provoking music video compilation of popular Tanzanian artists. With themes ranging from parent-child communication to stigma, each of the eight music videos is carefully designed to highlight important issues surrounding HIV/AIDS.
Explore the Mseto Wahapahapa music videos by clicking on the links below:
- Banana Zorro - Zoba
- Lady Jaydee - Shamba
- Enika - Changanya Changanya
- Flora Mbasha - Usife Moyo
- Bichuka - Mapambano
- Mzee Yusuph - Mtoto wa Matumaini
- Wahapahapa Band - Naisaliti Nafsi
- Carola Kinasha - Ujasiri
Mwale wa Jua Compilations
Ray, one of Wahapahapa’s main characters, is a well-known DJ. Every week, Ray interviews a different musician from the Tanzanian popular music scene. The project then licenses hit songs from these musicians, and releases quarterly compilation albums for distribution through Tanzania’s most effective private sector music distributor, GMC Records. The albums are readily available across Tanzania.Click on the images below to listen to the gospel, reggae, bongo flava (swahili hip hop) and band compilations:
Commissioned Songs
Ray, one of Wahapahapa’s main characters, is a well-known DJ. Every week, Ray interviews a different musician from the Tanzanian popular music scene. The project then licenses hit songs from these musicians, and releases quarterly compilation albums for distribution through Tanzania’s most effective private sector music distributor, GMC Records. The albums are readily available across Tanzania.
The Wahapahapa Band
Wahapahapa means ‘originates from here’. The Wahapahapa band provides original music for the popular radio serial drama - Wahapahapa.The origin of humanity has been traced to a location in the Great Rift Valley of Northern Tanzania. In this Garden of Eden on the Serengeti Plains is where men and women stamped their feet, dancing to rhythms that would define the pulse of humanity, later evolving and encompassing the world.
The Wahapahapa band celebrates the genesis and evolution of world music.Evolutionary and revolutionary, Wahapahapa's songs call for social transformation and justice through a unique blend of homegrown music inspired by diverse Swahili traditions and influences of contemporary world music.
Wahapahapa calls their unique sound “Tanzrock”, the title of their debut album.
Chei Chei
Cha Bure
Mseto Wahapahapa Concert at Coco Beach - June, 2009
On June 7th, 2009, an estimated ten thousand people attended the Mseto Wahapahapa Concert held at Coco Beach, Dar es Salaam.
The concert was a free event with live performances from six of Tanzania's leading musicians: Banana Zorro, Mzee Yusuph, Enika, Flora Mbasha, Carola Kinasha and the Wahapahapa Band.
View the Mseto Wahapahapa Concert Press Release
The Wahapahapa Bash - Feb, 2008
On February 23rd, 2008, the project staged and documented a promotional concert featuring some of Tanzania’s most popular musicians including Juma Nature (Hip-hop Bongo flavor) Mlimani Park Orchestra (Congo dance band), Flora Mbasha (Gospel), Banana Zorro (Contemporary Swahili Fusion) and the Wahapahapa Band.
A TV program as well as live performance music videos have been produced from the concert. Click on the following links to see the live performances: