An aerial view of Tanga, Tanzania. The once vibrant city are rundown and forlorn factories, ravaged by the effects of the changing seasons and degraded by human activities over decades. AFP PHOTO | JACK GUEZ
Bongo Flava artistes Wagosi wa Kaya released their popular but controversial hit Tanga Kunani? (what’s going on Tanga?) in 2017. It was a lament about everything that is wrong today with the once thriving port city on Tanzania’s north coast.
Today, Tanga may have lost the economic and cultural allure of past decades, but it is potentially the most productive region in Tanzania.
