DAR ES SALAAM: CRAFTED in a Wazaramo-styled Mdundiko beat, “Mambo Bado”, released in 1982 by Orchestra Makassy, remains the first Tanzanian Rap and Hip Hop hit that shared the same dance floor with Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” at the time when the moonwalk slide commanded the show. As it was very popular in discotheque clubs of the era; Msasani Beach, WMCA, Mbowe, Rungwe Oceanic, and Silver Sands- “Mambo Bado” shared the dancefloor with “Holiday…
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