Yours truly was quite impressed by 'Wakukaya' (roughly translated "my people" in Swahili), an album resulting from the cooperation of Tanzanian singer-songwriter Ashimba with a number of Finnish musicians led by Teho Majamäki, resulting in a fresh afro-pop sound with songs in which Ashimba, alternating between Nyamwezi, Swahili and Sukuma, broaches a variety of topics like daily life, the beauty of nature and the importance of certain traditional values in Tanzania. For 'Kidjana' and title track 'Wakukaya' Ashimba got the company of taraab-legend Bi Kidude. Promising new sound from East-Africa!