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Yange Yange is a Wagogo cultural group from the central Tanzanian region around the city of Dodoma. Tanzania has some 120
ethnic groups, none of which accounts for more than a few percent of
the overall population, so there is no dominant ethnic culture or
sound. That said, the one Tanzanian musical genre to have achieved
worldwide fame is the distinctly Wagogo music of the late Dr. Hukwe
Zawose (1938-2003), one of Peter Gabriel’s favourite musicians and
patron of Chibite group, who have also performed twice already at the
festival. Zawose refined Wagogo instruments, particularly the
deep-toned, hollow ilimba (thumb piano) and the zeze (bowed fiddle)
with its beautiful, otherworldly overtones.

Yange Yange’s declared mission is to uplift disabled artists in
the Dodoma region. They feature both able-bodied and handicapped
musicians and dancers. The group has played in arts festivals as far
away as Ivory Coast, Holland and Sweden.