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Msondo Ngoma at Sauti Za Busara Music Festival 2009

Msondo Ngoma at Sauti Za Busara Festival 2009

Msondo Ngoma is one of the groups that are confirmed for the sixth edition of the Sauti za Busara music festival which will take place in Zanzibar, 12-17 February 2009.

Msondo Ngoma is Tanzania's equivalent of Congo's TPOK Jazz or Zaiko Langa Langa. As OTTU Jazz, and in various other guises. Msondo Ngoma Music Band has been around since 1964, with the current leader Maalim Gurumo, being the only original member left. Being the oldest surviving band in East and Central Africa, Msondo Ngoma still offers the best of ‘muziki wa dansi’ (East African rumba), pulling the crowds and topping the charts with their fast-selling albums.

Msondo Ngoma sing in Swahili language. Each song narrates the personal experiences of the musicians and the challenges they go through that seek to stop them from pursuing their dreams. Hits including Kilio Cha Mtu Mzima, Kaza Moyo are perennial dancefloor fillers at any venue in Tanzania, remaining popular with people of all ages.

Msondo Ngoma still have the spirit, always believing in the vision that got them started in the first place. The band is like a big family. "The arrangements, vocals and compositions are a joy from beginning to end for lovers of old-style Congolese music, and their claim to be Africa's longest-running orchestra (they started in the mid-60s and still have a couple of the original members) is certainly a credible one." (DJ John Armstrong)

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