Carola Daniel Amri Kinasha

Profile: Carola Daniel Amri Kinasha

A song writer, singer and a performer of popular afro-centric

compositions in which messages comprising of traditional,

pan Africanist and righteous activism are perpetuated to the

masses. Born in the early 60s in Longido, a small town

situated in Arusha Tanzania, Carola grew up as one of 8

siblings in a family deeply rooted into music and performing

arts, making it only natural that she took to her passion in

music. Graduating from the University of Dar es salaam with a

Bachelor of Arts Degree in international Relations,

implementing her activism through music in 1988 initially with

the Shadda Band became inevitable. Apart from respect and

popularity within and beyond the African continent, her work

has commanded numerous achievements not to mention

being awarded the MAA Africa Award 2000, being appointed

the Patron for the Umoja Cultural Flying Carpet Tanzanian

chapter, and being recognized as a pioneer of traditional

fusion music in Tanzania to name a few. From hosting the

Busara Festival in Zanzibar to staging performances

representing the Maasai, Tanzanian and African culture when

in Europe, England and the Americas, Carola Kinasha’s

musical pedigree has without a doubt placed her on a

pedestal of her own caliber. Up to date, Carola Kinasha’s

musical work includes but is not limited to Umoja, Nyakati,

and Maono in which she worked closely with bands like

Shada and Watafiti to name a few. Carola has also partaken in

collaborations the likes of Mseto Wahapahapa (a compilation

project in which she did Ujasiri), and the Maisha Compilation

(in which she did Dua La Kuku).