Tanzania, July 30 -- There was a time when you could recognise a Bongo Flava song within seconds.

The Swahili lyrics, storytelling and melodies gave Tanzania a sound that was impossible to confuse with music from anywhere else in Africa.

Today, that identity seems to be fading.

Walk into most clubs, scroll through streaming playlists or spend a few minutes on social media and you'll hear the same thing, Amapiano dominates the speakers.

There is nothing wrong with that, South Africa deserves credit for creating one of the continent's biggest musical exports.

But as Tanzanian artistes increasingly embrace the sound, one question keeps coming back, are we slowly forgetting what made Bongo Flava special?

This is not a call to reject mus...