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Singeli
Stylistic origins
Ngoma music
Taarab
Muziki wa dansi
Bongo Flava
Cultural origins
Mid-2000s Tandale, Dar es Salaam
Typical instruments
Ngoma
Bass
Synthesizer
Subgenres
Mnanda
Mchiriku
Mdundiko
Other topics
Unyago
Bemba
Mdundiko
Kidumbaki
Music of Tanzania
Genres
Bongo flava
Singeli
Taarab
Dansi
Kwaya
Ngoma
Media and performance
Music awards
Tanzania Music Awards (TMA)
Music festivals
Sauti za Busara
Asili Festival
Nationalistic and patriotic songs
National anthem
Mungu ibariki Afrika
Regional music
DR Congo
Kenya
Uganda
Rwanda
Burundi
Malawi
Mozambique
Zambia
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Singeli or sometimes called Sengeli is a Tanzanian music genre that originated with the Zaramo in the Mtogole neighborhood of the Tandale ward in Kinondoni District of Dar es Salaam Region around the mid-2000s. The genre has since the late 2010s spread throughout Tanzania, and since 2020 the surrounding Great Lakes. Singeli is a ngoma music and dance where an MC performs over fast tempo taarab music, often at between 200 and 300 beats per minute (BPM), while women dance. Male and female MCs are near equally common, however styles between MC gender typically differ significantly. Male MCs usually perform in fast-paced rap, while female MCs usually perform kwaya.[1][2]
In the early 2000s vigodoro, meaning all night parties, began being organized by Zaramo women for their other female family and friends particularly Manzese and Tandale wards. However the latter is considered the birthplace of the genre. The parties involved playing cassette tapes of taarab music that other women would come and dance to. As vigodoro parties grew MCs would be invited to come and perform over the cassettes. Msaga Sumu was one such MC and is considered one of the early founders of Singeli.[1][2]
^ abMukandabvute, Aaron A.; Gores, Maria (16 April 2022). "Athari za Kimaadili Zitokanazo na Nyimbo za Muziki wa Singeli nchini Tanzania" [Ethical Impact of Singeli Music in Tanzania]. Mulika Journal (in Swahili). 40 (2). Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: University of Dar es Salaam. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
^ abVan der Stockt, Anke (2019). The struggle for 'real' Tanzanian music: an anthropological analysis of the construction of national identity in Singeli (Thesis). Ghent, Belgium: Ghent University.
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