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Average duration of the videos: 4 to 5 minutes.
Do not ask us what's the main subject/theme of Swahili dance hall lyrics!
Many artists mix Swahili with English (thus creating "Swanglish" ), or French.
A: Hip-hop / Rap / Pop / Reggae
B: R&B // Serene Music
C: Traditional Music
D: Gospel // Choir Songs
E: Comedies / Soaps / Poems
F: Miscellaneous


A: Hip-hop / Rap / Pop / Reggae
Artiste: MwanaFA [ from Tanzania]
Title: "Unanijua, unanisikia?" [= Do you know me, do you hear me?]
Style: rap, hip hop
Our rating: 5¤
Artistes: Kijani feat. Gaza [from Kenya]
Title: "Wataka nini?" [= What do you want?]
Style: hip-hop
Our rating: 5¤
Artist: Fatma [from Tanzania]
Title: "Mwacheni" [= let him/her]
Style: hip-hop
Our rating: 5¤
Artist: Aslay [from Tanzania]
Title: "Nakusemea" [= I will grass on you]
Style: hip-hop
Our rating: 5¤
Artiste: Barbara Kanam [from DR Congo]
Title: "Cheri Mupenzi" [mupenzi = Darling]
Style: African something
Our rating: 4star
Artist: Marya feat. Avril [both from Kenya]
Title: "Chokoza" [= provoke.]
Style: Hip-hop
Our rating: 4star
Artist: Colonel Mustapha feat. Ms Avril [from Kenya]
Title: "Mtaani Dotcom" [= in the streets of dot com]
Style: East African hip hop
Our rating: 5¤
Artist: Lokua Kanza [from DR Congo]
Title: "Mutoto" [= a child]
Style: Hip-hop
Our rating: 4star
Artistes: Lubumbashi Stars [ from DR Congo]
Title: "Mupenzi" [= Darling]
Style: Hip-hop
Our rating: 4star
Artiste: Dog Man [from Uganda]
Title: "Rudi nyumbani" [= Return home!]
the initial dialogue is not in Swahili
Style: Hip-hop
Our rating: 5star
Artist: Lolilo [from Burundi]
Title: "Penzi la Tonya" [= Tonya's Love]
Style: East African dancehall music
Our rating: 4¤
Artiste: Medaz-B Mashin [sounds Tanzanian]
Title: "I do it for you"
Style: Rap
Our rating: 4star

A: Hip-hop / Rap / Pop / Reggae
B: R&B // Serene Music
C: Traditional Music
D: Gospel // Choir Songs
E: Comedies / Soaps / Poems
F: Miscellaneous


B: R&B // Serene Music
Artiste: Avril. [from Kenya]
Title: "Mama" [= Mama]
Style: some kind of R&B
Website: ----------
Our rating: 5star
Artiste: Somi [from USA/Rwanda/Uganda]
Title: "Ingele" [= a name]
Style: R&B
Website: www.somimusic.com
Our rating: 5¤

A: Hip-hop / Rap / Pop / Reggae
B: R&B // Serene Music
C: Traditional Music
D: Gospel // Choir Songs
E: Comedies / Soaps / Poems
F: Miscellaneous


C: Traditional Music
Traditional: African
Artists: MS Ngoma Troupe [from Tanzania]
Title: "Sindimba" [type of music]
Style: traditional coastal
Our rating: 3¤
Artistes: various [from Kenya, ...]
Title: "Wageni wako wapi?" [Where are the visitors/guests?]
Style: children's song
Our rating: 4¤
Artistes: Various [from Kenya]
Style: traditional
Our rating:3¤
Artists: Bernard and Alfred [from Burundi]
Style: traditional // The singing is not in Swahili!
Our rating: 2¤
Traditional: African/Arabic

A: Hip-hop / Rap / Pop / Reggae
B: R&B // Serene Music
C: Traditional Music
D: Gospel // Choir Songs
E: Comedies / Soaps / Poems
F: Miscellaneous


D: Gospel // Choir Songs
Choir: Amkeni
[from Kenya]
Title: "Mimi Yesu" [= I Jesus]
Style: African Gospel
Singer: Angela Chibalonza [from DR Congo]
Title: "Maisha" [= Life]
Style: gospel
Our rating: 4¤
Singer: Monique [from Kenya]
Title: "Naja Kwako" [= I am coming to you]
Style: gospel
Our rating: 4¤
Singers: Main Street Singers [from the USA]
Title: "Mungu ni Pendo" [= God is love]
Style: gospel
Our rating: 5¤
Singer: Jean Paul Samputu [from Rwanda]
Title: "Karibu Mungu." [= Welcome God.]
Style: gospel
Our rating: 5¤
Church service [in Kinshasa, Congo]
Title: "Hakuna Mungu kama wewe" [= There is no (other) God like you.]
Style: gospel
Choir: Dorine Katiba ... [from Uganda]
Title: "Ameniita" [= He has called/summoned me]
Style: gospel
Our rating: 4¤
Artists: Unspecified Choir [from Tanzania]
Title: "Damu imebubujika" [= There's a fountain.]
Style: gospel
Our rating: 4¤
Singer: Mwasi [from Kenya]
Title: "Nisamehe!" [Forgive me!]
Style: hymn [with subtitles]
Our rating: 3¤
Artist: ????? [from ?????]
Title: "Baba Yetu" [= The Lord's Prayer]
Style: "gospel"
Our rating: 5¤

A: Hip-hop / Rap / Pop / Reggae
B: R&B // Serene Music
C: Traditional Music
D: Gospel // Choir Songs
E: Comedies / Soaps / Poems
F: Miscellaneous


E: Comedies/Soaps and Poems
Comedy/Soap [from Tanzania]
Our rating: 3¤
Comedy/Soap: "vitimbi 1" [from Kenya]
Our rating: 3¤
Comedy/Soap: "vitimbi 2" [from Kenya]
Our rating: 3¤
Poem [from Kenya]
Our rating: 3¤

A: Hip-hop / Rap / Pop / Reggae
B: R&B // Serene Music
C: Traditional Music
D: Gospel // Choir Songs
E: Comedies / Soaps / Poems
F: Miscellaneous


F: Miscellaneous
Tanzanian National Anthem
Our rating: 3¤
Kenyan National Anthem
Our rating: 3¤
Independence day speech by Patrice Lumumba
[the 1st Congolese Prime Minister]
Our rating: 4¤