Tanzanian singer performs at Emerge Festival

Thu, 02/07/2009 - 09:35 — yarraReporter
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Paul Mbenna is a well known singer in Tanzania; his song called Zuwena tells a story about love and tragedy and made him famous throughout east Africa.

Mbenna was one of the performers during the Emerge Festival that was organized as part of the Refugee Week celebration in mid June at the Fitzroy town hall.

The theme for this year’s celebration was “Freedom from Fear”. Mbenna told yarraReporter on how music can be used to reach others from different cultures.