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Musician

Ugandan born, Tshaka Mayanja is arguably reggae music's best kept secret. With over five hundred songs already written and arranged, 36 year-old (born Winston Mayanja) Mayanja has made his mark in Africa, as a reggae singer, songwriter, producer and promoter. He has done countless radio and TV interviews in Africa, including interviews on Channel O (Africa's version of MTV on the biggest cable TV network in Africa MNET), and a live interview on Irie FM during the Sting Reggae Festival in Jamaica in 1996, with GT Taylor (top radio DJ in Jamaica) and Copeland Forbes (legendary Jamaican MC and road manager).

In February, 2007, Mayanja was contracted to be a judge for both the auditions and the finals of East Africa’s biggest reality TV music talent search; The Tusker Project Fame project

Album

The Enfunkclopedia of Jazz

By Tshaka Mayanja

Label: BlackRoots Muzik
Released: 2008

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News: Interview

Bassist/Producer Tshaka Mayanja Interviewed at AAJ

October 29, 2008

'Jazz' and 'Uganda' are rarely used in the same sentence. This little country in East Africa does not have much of a jazz tradition to speak of, let alone write about. Aside from international artists, the likes of Miriam Makeba and Hugh Masekela, as well as specially arranged cultural exchanges by the American, German and Dutch ...

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Article: Interview