Best of East Africa

Kenya and Tanzania are musical melting pots: Congolese and Arab influences collided to birth brand new Swahili genres, including the stately, Andalusian-inspired taarab. This coastal music rubbed shoulders with immigrant dance orchestras like Orchestra Super Mazembe and Orchestra Makassy, whose rumba later morphed into the spry benga of Maroon Commandos and Les Wanyika. Taste some funk and hip-hop, too!