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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!
A number of hip-hop artists sing in Swanglish (a modern mixture of Swahili and English)
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
Artistes: Gelly & AT (the two men) feat. Ray C (the lady) [from Tanzania]
Title: "Mama Ntilie" [= Serve the food!]
Style: African Dance Music
Our rating: 5¤
Artist: Upara-Upara [from Namibia]
Title: "Rafiqi" [= A friend]
Style: rap, hip-hop // In English and Swahili (1:32/2:40)
Our rating: 5¤
Artiste: Shaa feat. AY [both from Tanzania]
Title: "Pambazuka" [= Wake up]
Style: Hip-hop
Our rating: 4star
Artist: Kaya feat. Leduc [from Kenya]
Title: "More Kaya" [= More ...]
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: 4¤
Artiste: Belle9 [from Tanzania]
Title: "Masogange" [= ???]
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: Quick Rocka [from Tanzania]
Title: "Bullet"
Style: Hip-hop
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¤
Originator: (Ms) Saida Karoli 2 [from Tanzania]
Style: traditional/modern [The singing is not in Swahili!]
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: Christian Choir of Louisville
[in the USA, from Congo, Burundi and Rwanda]
Title: "????" [= ????]
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 [from Tanzania]
Title: "Yesu milele" [= Jesus forever.]
Style: gospel
Our rating: 3¤
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: Betty Namaganda [from Uganda]
Title: "kitu gani" [= what]
Style: "dancehall" gospel
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

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¤