Zanzibara- Volume Nº1

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Lyon-based Ouch! Records presents a collection of traditional Muziki wa dansi, or dance band music in Swahili, the native language of Zanzibar. The singles gathered originate from 1960s-1980s Tanzania and feature Congolese rumba and Islamic Taarab music of the East African coast. 

David Walker