Dar es Salaam. Long before Bongo Flava topped Spotify playlists or filled stadiums in Europe and the USA, it pulsed through the FM airwaves of post-liberalisation Tanzania, nurtured by an ecosystem of ...

Ukerewe Island in Lake Victoria has become a safe haven for persecuted albinos. Silenced by society, they are now finding community, and voices of their own.

People with albinism (lack of pigment in a person's skin, hair and eyes) are often ostracized and treated with suspicion in many parts of the world. And in parts of Africa, many who have the condition ...

Abdul Sykes, a prominent figure in the music scene, has highlighted some of the harsh realities faced by artists in Tanzania. “The agency managing my work brought me $100 after years. Imagine!

Radio Tanzania: A Disappearing History On Tape A group is trying to save the station's massive tape archive: music, poetry, drama and speeches that tell the story of the East African nation since ...

SOMEWHERE on the eastern edge of Africa, nestled between the Indian Ocean, Mount Kilimanjaro, and a thousand WhatsApp groups, lies a country bursting with music, wildlife, and opinions that expire ...

In the spirit of Jane Goodall, her childhood idol, Von Haugg traveled to Tanzania in 2010 for two months, by herself, armed with a dozen donated clarinets and a mission to save the threatened ...

Last week, Mwika musicians from Tanzania came to Orono for a performance at the Church of the Universal Fellowship. The group of 13 musicians and their college principal are representing their tribes, ...

Tanzania has one of the highest rates of albinism in the world, at one in 1,500 people. Despite its prevalence, there’s still a lack of education and tolerance in some quarters.

Tanzania has one of the highest rates of albinism in the world, at one in 1,500 people. Despite its prevalence, there’s still a lack of education and tolerance in some quarters.