It was all music and visual arts at Dar es Salaam’s Alliance Française “Pamoja Art Exhibition” during the first Muziki Wetu edition this year, when the beats and melodies of Shabo Makota and Sandra Nankoma met the paintings of Jeniffer Msekwa.
First on stage was Makota, the Tanzanian afro-fusion guitarist who draws inspiration from the late Papa Wemba. Makota had the audience enthralled with contemporary jazz, putting his voice to powerful use as he sang ‘Dunia’, exalting God for all creation while reminding the audience that “this world in not ours” alone, but shared with other creatures.
