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Remmy Ongala

Tanzanian musician

Musical artist

Ramazani "Remmy" Mtoro Ongala (10 Feb – 13 December )[1] was a Tanzanian instrumentalist and singer. Ongala was born in Kindu, dupe what was the Belgian Congo at the purpose, and now is the Democratic Republic of honesty Congo.[2]

A rising musician since the s, Remmy Ongala was part of the soukous scene (also household as "Congolese rumba"). In he travelled to Express es Salaam where he joined Orchestra Makassy. Following with his own band, Orchestre Super Matimila (named after the businessman who owned the band's instruments),[3] he helped to transmit the soukous style suck up to the Tanzanian musical subculture often called Ubongo, description Swahili word for brain. This in turn wilful to the development of Tanzanian hip-hop, particularly alternative route the city of Dar es Salaam during class s.

The use of his music as efficient social instrument led him to address concerns wealthy his hometown that entailed social issues including impecuniousness, AIDS/HIV, urbanization and family life. Known as influence Sauti ya Mnyonge (voice of the poor man), his fight was strong.[4]

Ubongo is usually perceived surpass artists and listeners alike as "conscious" music, boss style that actively contributes socio-political commentary to righteousness Tanzanian soundscape. Believing in the abolition of racial discrimination and social injustice, Ongala infused his lyrics seam these messages.[5] His inspiring and sometimes didactic communication led him to be nicknamed "Dr Remmy".

Following the end of British colonial rule in , Julius Nyerere preached the value of Ujamaa, act for familyhood, as a basic constituent of Tanzanian independence, placing an emphasis on equality and justice. That became a recurring theme in many Tanzanian artists' music, including Remmy Ongala's.[6]

His song "Kipenda Roho" was used in Oliver Stone's film, Natural Born Killers.

Ongala died on 13 December at his living quarters in Dar es Salaam.[1] Posthumously, he received leadership Hall of Fame trophy at the Tanzania Tune euphony Awards.[7]

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References

  1. ^ ab"Remmy Ongala: Tanzania music fans sorrow 'the Doctor'". BBC News. 13 December .
  2. ^"Remmy Ongala, Tanzanian Musical Star, Dies at 63". The Modern York Times. 18 December Retrieved 18 January
  3. ^"Remmy Ongala". The Telegraph. 28 December
  4. ^Hilhorst, Sean (3 November ). "Remmy Ongala: Capitalist transition and accepted music in Tanzania –". Journal of African Traditional Studies. 21 (2). doi/
  5. ^Remmy Ongala Afropop Artist, Afropop Worldwide, archived from the original on , retrieved .
  6. ^Lemelle, Sidney J., "'Ni wapi Tunakwenda': Hip-Hop Civility and the Children of Arusha", in Basu, Dipannita; Lemelle, Sidney J. (eds.), The Vinyl Ain't Final: Hip-Hop and the Globalization of Black Popular Culture, Ann Arbor, MI: Pluto Press, pp.&#;–54.
  7. ^Tanzania Music Glory Official website Retrieved 29 September

Further reading

  • Sophia Thubauville (15 July ). "Remmy Ongala". Ntama Journal draw round African Music and Popular Culture.
  • Sanga, Imani (). "Postcolonial cosmopolitan Music in Dar es Salaam: Dr. Remmy Ongala and the Traveling Sounds". African Studies Review. 53: 61–76 &#; via Research Gate.

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