\u201cThe Ngoma Africa Band belong to the fans,\u201d said Ebrahim Makunja a.k.a Ras Ebby Makunja, the East African, Tanzanian-born founder of the group of musicians based in Germany. \u201cMusicians are just the servants. We are the first African band from Tanzania to use its music as a cross-cultural bridge to the world.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dubbed \u201cThe Golden Voice of East Africa,\u201d the band, which has a rapidly growing fan base, was founded in 1993 by Makunja. The live performances of the six-member group, known for its signature danceable music, \u201cBongo Dansi\u201d or \u201cMziki Wa Dansi,\u201d has garnered rave accolades from numerous festivals and passionate applause from European fans.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we apply the extraordinary \u2018Bongo Dansi\u2019 or \u2018Mziki Wa Dansi,\u2019 the fans find our rhythm and beat unique. It penetrates their souls. The crowd becomes crazy, and then they go wild as their spirit become one with the spirit and soul of the Ngoma Africa Band!\u201d said Kamanda Ras Makunja.<\/p>\n
The other band members are the multi-talented soloist Christian Bakotessa a.k.a Chris-B , Said \u201cJazbo\u201d Vuai, Mo Benda, Aj Nbongo, Jessy Ouyah, Diva Bedi Beraca, Bedi Bella and Jonathan Sousa.<\/p>\n
Ngoma Africa Band\u2019s current album, \u201cMama Kimwaga\u201d (\u201cSugar Mum), includes the singles \u201cApache Wacha Pombe\u201d (\u201cStop Over-Drinking Alcohol\u201d) and \u201cAnti-Corruption Squad,\u201d CD “Jakaya Kikwete 2010” as well as the single \u201cBongo Tambare\u201d and “Uhuru wa habari( freedom of the press). Most of the songs are written in various East African languages, including Swahili and Kiswahili, the spoken languages of Tanzania and its neighboring East African countries.<\/p>\n
To listen to the Ngoma African Band, visit www.ngoma-africa.com<\/a>. For further information, email contact@ngoma-africa.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Stay with Sierra Express Media, for your trusted place in news!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n \u201cThe Ngoma Africa Band belong to the fans,\u201d said Ebrahim Makunja a.k.a Ras Ebby Makunja, the East African, Tanzanian-born founder of the group of musicians […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":64825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[671,1191],"tags":[10173],"class_list":["post-64824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-music","tag-ngoma-africa-band"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/64825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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