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When Tanzanian music played on, but money wandered off

DAR ES SALAAM, Feb. 1 -- THERE is something strangely poetic and downright cruel, about the journey of Tanzanian music. It has travelled far and wide, danced across continents and found fans in place... Read More


When referee became main AFCON character, East Africa took notes

DAR ES SALAAM, Jan. 25 -- THE most dramatic artefact to survive the AFCON 2025 final in Rabat was not a shirt torn in protest. Nor a VAR screenshot zoomed into eternity, nor even a coachs wounded dig... Read More


CAF chaos: Yanga's calm, Simba's crisis, Azam's Nairobi goal treasure hunt and Singida's steel

DAR ES SALAAM, Dec. 7 -- THIS week in East African football felt like a Bongo movie director secretly infiltrated CAF headquarters at night. He found the desk with the “Fixtures & Logic” ... Read More


Fading echoes of clubhouse games: Tanzania's forgotten sporting past

DAR ES SALAAM, Nov. 30 -- THERE was a time when a weekend in Dar es Salaam, Arusha or Moshi felt like an eccentric colonial radio broadcast drifting into real life. Youd hear the muezzin calling the ... Read More


The meteoric rise of Dr Kedmon Mapana

DAR ES SALAAM, Nov. 23 -- THERE are weeks when the universe wakes up, stretches in that leisurely cosmic manner, points directly at you and proclaims with suspicious excitement, “Yes, you. Today... Read More


From Tandale to Times square: What Diamond must do to bag Music Grammy Award

DAR ES SALAAM, Nov. 16 -- WELL, my dear readers, let us begin by meeting that most common creature of modern society The armchair critic. You know the type. They sit comfortably at home or in a radio ... Read More