Imani Sanga
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Imani Sanga (born 1972) is a composer and an ethnomusicologist. Born in Matamba Uwanji (Iringa), Imani Sanga was educated at Chimala primary school, Kidugala Lutheran Seminary, University of Dar es Salaam where he earned his BA (1999) and his MA (2001) and University of KwaZulu-Natal where he earned a PhD degree in 2006. He wrote his PhD thesis entitled "Muziki wa Injili: Temporal and Spatial Aesthetics of Popular Church Music in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (1980s-2005)" under the supervision of Professor Beverly Parker. Currently, Imani Sanga is a Lecturer in music in the Department of Fine and Performing Arts at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
His ethnographic research and writing focus on church music and popular music of Tanzania in relation to the construction of gendered, religious and national spaces (i.e. social identity) within the context of globalisation. His work draws from a number of theoretical perspectives such as African philosophy, aesthetics of music, postcolonial theory cultural theory and continental philosophy.For more information visit:(http://www.freewebs.com/drimanisanga/)
[edit] Published book
Nyimbo za Tanzania. 1996. A songbook - published by the Finnish-Tanzanian Friendship Society, Helsinki.
[edit] Music albums
- Ninakuja Bwana (1999)
- Anabisha Fungua (2002, with The Patmos)
- Haleluya Yesu Yu Hai (2004, with The Patmos)
[edit] Groups performed with in Tanzania
- The Patmos
- Kwaya ya Uinjilisti Sayuni (Sayuni Evangelical Choir) as guitarist, keyboardist and singer
- Kwaya ya Uinjilisti Kijitonyama (Kijitonyama Evangelical Choir) as guitarist, keyboardist and singer
- Kwaya Kuu (Main Choir) of CCT at the University of Dar es Salaam as conductor/mwalimu and organist
- Kwaya ya Watoto (Children Choir) of CCT at the University of Dar es Salaam as conductor/mwalimu and organist
- Kidugala Lutheran Seminary choir in Njombe, Iringa as conductor
