Muungano Cultural Troupe

Muungano Cultural Troupe – Volume 17 Mambo Yapo Huku

Taarab music from Tanzania’s long-running and legendary Muungano. This tape gets the award for wily, sinewy and swirly lo-fi keyboard tone of the year. Similar in crucial melodic and rhythmic ways to my earlier faves from Dar es Salaam, Jagwa Music. Stop by Afropop Worldwide for extensive cultural/social/political background on taarab in general.

Awesome Tapes From Africa DJ sets in Europe coming up in March, come say hello if you’re nearby…Presented by Spex:

01.03. CH Bern / Bonsoir
02.03. CH Lausanne / Le Bourg
08.03. DE Berlin / Africaine 808 @ Soju Bar
10.03. DE Duisburg / Aula Im Festivalzentrum
15.03. IT Venetia / Teatro Fondamenta Nuove
17.03. IT Bologna / Locomotiv
28.03. DE Hamburg / Golden Pudel
29.03. DE Berlin / Gretchen (+ Konono No. 1)

 

Side A
Mambo Yapo Huku
Si Mzizi

 

Side B
Hutomchukua
Natumia Ufundi

17 Comments

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  • March 1, 2012 at 4:07 pm

    see you in lausannegeles mang!

  • March 3, 2012 at 9:57 am

    thank you for the night at Bourg Lausanne it was amazing!!!

    • February 11, 2021 at 12:06 am
      In reply to: Anonymous

      It’s nice song

  • January 6, 2015 at 8:14 pm

    Naipenda sana mungano mbona hawasikiki sasa hivi wako wapi.

  • June 12, 2015 at 4:05 pm

    Nawapata kwa utaratibu nikiwa napal. Vipi muungano Mbona kimya?

  • October 28, 2016 at 4:43 pm

    nitadowlod VP tàarabu zao jaman muingano naomba msaada

  • March 23, 2018 at 9:59 pm

    mtu Mzima ovyo.

  • August 2, 2018 at 2:41 pm

    tuma namba nikutumie whasap

  • October 13, 2018 at 7:16 am

    Naomba nitumie nyimbo za muungano jaman

  • October 13, 2018 at 7:16 am

    Naomba nitumie nyimbo za muungano jaman

  • January 9, 2019 at 10:22 pm

    Namba yangu ya 0715 565852
    naomba unitumie wimbo wa shangingi wa Muuungano Taaarab kwenye whatsapp

  • April 7, 2019 at 8:10 am

    Hallo
    Naomba nyimbo ya Ubaya hauna kwao

  • September 22, 2019 at 5:43 pm

    Naomba unitumie wimbo WA shangingi

  • October 12, 2019 at 5:00 am

    Naitaji Wimbo wa nasima Kisonoko Umechemsha

  • October 12, 2019 at 7:47 am

    Naomba Unitumie wimbo Kisonoko Umechemsha WhatsApp 0683833455

  • November 10, 2019 at 1:40 pm

    Naomba nyimbo za taarabu za Muungano zilizopigwa miaka ya 1994 hadi 1998
    whatsap yangu ni 0755496829

  • May 3, 2024 at 10:52 pm

    Naomba unitumie si mzizi na natumia fundi ya muungano taarab

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