Imani Sanga

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 dissertation 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.He spent a Fall Semester (from August to December) 2007 as a Research Scholar at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and Mount Holyoke College through Five College African Scholars Program working on a book manuscript based on his PhD dissertation.

Dr. Sanga's 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/)

ongbook

"Nyimbo za Tanzania". 1996. A songbook - published by the Finnish-Tanzanian Friendship Society, Helsinki.

Articles

(2008)

*Music and nationalism in Tanzania: Dynamics of national space in "Muziki wa Injili" in Dar es Salaam. "Ethnomusicology" 52(1):52—84.

(2007)
*Gender in church music: Dynamics of gendered space in "Muziki wa Injili" in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. "Journal of Popular Music Studies". 19(1): 59—91.

(2006)

*Composition processes in popular church music in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. "Ethnomusicology Forum" 15(2): 247—271.

*"Kumpolo": Aesthetic appreciation and cultural appropriation of bird sounds in Tanzania. "Folklore" 117(1): 97—102.

Theses/Dissertations

PhD Dissertation-2006:

*"Muziki wa Injili": The Temporal and Spatial Aesthetics of Popular Church Music in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (1980s-2005). University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Supervised by Professor Beverly Parker.

MA Dissertation-2001:
*Construction of Gender and Gender Roles in Religious Choirs in Dar es Salaam. University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Supervised by Professor Marjorie Mbilinyi.

Music albums

* "Ninakuja Bwana" (1999)
* "Anabisha Fungua" (2002, with The Patmos)
* "Haleluya Yesu Yu Hai" (2004, with The Patmos)

Groups performed with

*University Choir at the University of Dar es Salaam as Conductor.

* The Patmos (a University based Gospel Music group) as guitarist and keyboardist
* "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

* In 2004-2005 he sang with the Durban Chamber Choir in South Africa as a tenor singer while studying at KwaZulu-Natal University.

* In 2007 (August-December) he sang with the Hampshire Choral Society in Massachusetts, USA.