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Bongo Media Worlds: Producing and Consuming Popular Culture in Dar Es Salaam
Köln: Köppe (2014), 286 pp.
"In the wake of the transformation from a socialist to a neoliberal capitalist economy, Tanzania has witnessed an unprecedented proliferation of cultural production which went hand in hand with a steep rise in formal and informal media outlets. Bongo Media Worlds provides insights into the diverse a
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The Bongo Flava Industry in Tanzania and Artists' Strategies for Success
Mainz: Johannes Gutenberg University, Department of Anthropology and African Studies (2011), 21 pp.
"Bongo Flava is a Tanzanian category of contemporary urban youth music related to four simultaneous developments: democratization, privatization, globalization and media digitalization. Stylistically, it comprises Hiphop and R&B as well as other styles which have been appropriated by local artists w
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The Entertainment Programme of Ndanda Mission Press: Its Contribution to Swahili Literature in Tanzania
Matatu: Journal of African Culture and Society, issue 13-14 (1995), pp. 339-352
"Assesses the “entertainment” programme of this Christian publisher’s books in Kiswahili, and its contribution in promoting writing in African languages. Includes a bibliography of the Press's Kiswahili publications." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 200
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