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Mzungu Kichaa has just returned from Tanzania where he recorded at Bongo Records in Dar es
Salaam. He recorded a music video which will be
released on Channel O, Channel 5 and MTV Base. The Song features Proffessor Jay and Mwasiti.

Bongo5.com caught a preview of the song at Bongo
Records. check it out on:

http://www.bongo5.co...rectlink&id=430

for more info check out http://www.effigong.com or http://www.myspace.com/mzungukichaa

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Aspen a.k.a Mzungu Kichaa Ni Soooo!!! (Kutoka gazeti la Bongo5)

Kwa wasomaji wetu wanaweza kuona haya ni maajabu lakini ndio ukweli wenyewe, kwani si jambo la kawaida kukutana na mzungu mwenye kipaji cha hali ya juu sana kwenye muziki wa kiafrika na kiswahili kwa ujumla, hasa katika michano iliyesheheni mashairi yenye mvuto wa aina yake.

Wengi humjua kwa jina la Aspen a.k.a mzungu Kichaa ambaye alizaliwa nchini Denmark na kwenda kukulia nchini Zambia tena vijijini ile mbaya, na kwa kipindi hicho alishaanza kuupenda muziki kwani alikuwa na umri mdogo sana .



Alisomea elimua ya msingi nchini Zambia ambako alikuja bongo na kujiunga na shule ya International School iliyopo Moshi mkoani Kilimanjaro, akiwa shuleni alijihusisha sana na masuala ya muziki “tangu nilipoanza kujihusisha na masuala ya muziki mpaka sasa naamini nimeshafanya aina zote za muziki kuanzia Pop, Muziki wa asili (makabila tofauti) Congo Music (Mayenu), na aina nyingine tofauti lakini sasa nimeamua kuweka msuli katika muziki wa bongo fleva” alisema Kichaa.



Aliendelea kusema “kukubali kujifunza kitu usichokijua wakati unakipenda ni ujinga nimekuwa nikijifunza mpaka nikaweza na ndio maana hivi sasa naweza kujiamini kuwa mimi ni mkali na ninaweza, na hii ilinisaidia sana kwani nimeweza kufanya kazi na wasanii kibao akiwemo, King Kikii, Koffie Olomide, General Defao na wote hawa nilikuwa nikifanya nao muziki wa jukwaani tena nikiwa nawapa sapot katika maonesho yao”



Yaani huwezi amini mtu wangu Mzungu huyu anavyoweza kushuka kibongo kilichotulia mithili ya mzawa na miaka ya 47 hapa nchini na cha kustaajabisha anaweza kuyasoma mazingira nikiwa na maana wakati wa kuongea kisela nae hubadilika na kuchonga kisela ile ile na wakati wa mazungumzo makini naye huwa makini na kutumia lugha isiyokuwa ya mtaani.



Aina ya muziki ambao anatarajia kuufanya kwa hivi sasa ni Reggae na Dancehall, anatarajia kutoka na singo wakati akiendelea kupika albam yake taratiiibu katika studio maarufu nchini ya Bongo Records chini ya mtu mzima P-Funk Majani huku akitarajia kushirikiana na mkali Professa Jay.



Ameishi na kukulia Tanzania pia ameoa mtoto wa kihehe, hivyo unaweza kuona jinsi mzungu huyu alivyolikita nchini “kweli sifichi nasikia raha kuishi Tanzania na watanzania kwani ni nchi yenye amani na watu wanaojua wanachokifanya, pia kwa kuwa nimekulia kwa watu weusi iliniwia vigumu sana kujigundua kuwa nina rangi ya tofauti na watu weusi kwani ilifika kipindi nilijiona sina tofauti nao kumbe mi ni mweupe ila nashkuru naweza kujimix nao huku wakinichkulia mimi ni kama wao hawanibagui kabisa.



Licha ya muziki tu Kichaa huyu pia ni msomi mwenye Masters ya masomo ya Afrika akiwa na maana Development Of Africa ambapo aliichukulia nchini Uingereza, hakuishia hapo akiwa anaishi hapa nchini amepiga buku katika Chuo Cha Sanaa Bagamoyo ambapo huko alijifunza mambo kibao yanayohusiana na sanaa ya kibongo.



“Mimi sio mpya katika gemu isipokuwa nilikuwa nafanya muziki kinyemela na nimeshiriki katika ngoma kibao za kibongo ikiwa ni kuimba na kucheza baadhi ya ala kama vile Gitaa, Kinanda n.k, kwa mfano nyimbo kama Hili Game ya Juma Nature nilishiriki katika kiitikio na ngoma zake nyingi tu, She Got Gwan ya Mangwea nimepiga Gitaa, Mambo ya Pwani kwenye Kiitikio, nilipiga verse katika wimbo wa Bongo Records ulikuwa umekusanya wasanii kibao.



“Sasa nimeamua kutoka rasmi na nashkuru sana wabongo wananikubali naweza kupata picha ya kufanya vizuri kwenye muziki wangu hapo nitakapoweka kazi zangu kwenye ramani ya muziki wa hapa nchini, hali kadhalika itakuwa poa sana kwani hata katika matamasha ambayo huwa nafanya nchini kwetu huwa nawapigia ngoma za kiswahili na kuwelezea maana yake kweli huwa wanaenjoy ile kichizi”



Aspen amewataka mashabiki wa muziki wakae tayari kumpokea na pia ameahidi kutoa sapot kubwa sana katika kuutangaza muziki wetu katika levo za kimataifa na ulaya kwa ujumla jambo ambalo anaamini litachangia kuunyanyua sana muziki wa Tanzania.

[Juma4]

Looking forward to hearing that stuff! Also Pfunk has been quiet so we want to know what's cooking!

By the way I wonder what's the origin of 'Mzungu kichaa'? FIrst time I heard it was in a song by 2Proud (Mr2) around 1997 when he released a track with Joker, an mc from Denmark who featured in the song 'Zaidi na zaidi / meya meya'.
Then ever since, every time waBongo saw a mzungu who shows interest in TZ hip hop, they would call him mzungu kichaa.

At some point people were assuming that it was me who was on that 'Zaidi na zaidi' track and they called me that. And when I didnt speak Swahili slang very well I once got upset cos someone called me kichaa (in standard Swahili it simply means crazy)

So did it really start with the Joker song or is it an expression that existed before?

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Origins of Mzungu Kichaa... mhh

People have always attributed the word 'Kichaa' to me when I have done something extraordinary. Like
speaking heavy Swahili slang or showing signs of being a true msela. Why that is considered crazy I don't
know. Maybe some of our fellow Tanzanian’s can help answer this question.

About the origins of the name... I don't have an answer. Perhaps P-Funk can help us.

How I got the name is another story. In Tanzania artists do not always choose their own names. If
talents are discovered before the name of the person behind the talent is known a name is made up. During
my early days at Bongo Records I was baptised Mzungu Kichaa by numerous artists including 2 proud (Mr. II),
Juma Nature, Solo and Chief Lumanyika.

The name stuck with me whether I wanted it or not. I am a white nutta and although I thought I was black
when i was a kid, being white is something I have got used to.

For Swahili speakers, I describe my feelings about my name Mzungu Kichaa in the song Oya Oya. A song I wrote to introduce myself while recording at Bongo Records.

[Juma4]

Hehe thats an interesting history... and yeah the best names are those that someone else gives you. So is the album/single going to be released under that name?
It kinda sticks in your mind too so from a marketing perspective it could help you get far! Kila la heri...

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Kichaa performed jitolee on east african television and radio on FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE (9th of May) reaching over 100 million viewers in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda.

[Mzungu Kichaa]

the video for jitolee featuring Proffessor Jay is delayed. Meanwhile here is a video you might like. It is Kichaa's statement marking his return to the Bongo Flava game. Full circle.

pass by http://www.myspace.com/mzungukichaa to download the track



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