Muhidin Michuzi

1 week ago | dailynews.co.tz | Muhidin Michuzi

TANZANIA: There’s a peculiar kind of heartbreak that doesn’t arrive when you lose — but when your own people start dancing because you did. That’s exactly what unfolded across some Tanzanian social media when our own Abigail Chams was nominated — yes, nominated — for a BET Award, and a gang of bitter bloggers reacted like her defeat was some personal spiritual breakthrough.

2 weeks ago | allafrica.com | Muhidin Michuzi

Tanzania — TANZANIAN dance music is not dead. It's just very, very tired, broke, and forgotten, somewhere in the corner of a dusty bar in Buguruni, sipping warm beer and wondering how it all went so wrong. Once upon a groove, dansi, rumba, and taarab ruled our nights like gods of rhythm. They made couples fall in love, politicians sweat at fundraisers, and aunties swing their kangas like certified dancers from Msondo Ngoma University.

2 weeks ago | htsyndication.com | Muhidin Michuzi

TANZANIA, June 9 -- TANZANIAN dance music is not dead. Its just very, very tired, broke, and forgotten, somewhere in the corner of a dusty bar in Buguruni, sipping warm beer and wondering how it all went so wrong. Once upon a groove, dansi, rumba, and taarab ruled our nights like gods of rhythm. They made couples fall in love, politicians sweat at fundraisers, and aunties swing their kangas like certified dancers from Msondo Ngoma University.

2 weeks ago | dailynews.co.tz | Muhidin Michuzi

TANZANIA: TANZANIAN dance music is not dead. It’s just very, very tired, broke, and forgotten, somewhere in the corner of a dusty bar in Buguruni, sipping warm beer and wondering how it all went so wrong. Once upon a groove, dansi, rumba, and taarab ruled our nights like gods of rhythm. They made couples fall in love, politicians sweat at fundraisers, and aunties swing their kangas like certified dancers from Msondo Ngoma University.

3 weeks ago | dailynews.co.tz | Muhidin Michuzi

TANZANIA: IT is a quiet tragedy of human nature that those who break barriers are often applauded loudest in places they were never born. History is full of prophets and pioneers who were first doubted, dismissed, or even ridiculed by their own people. Their neighbours saw them as ordinary, because it’s hard to believe greatness can live next door. Saints, as the saying goes, are never praised in their own homes. Familiarity dims the glow.