Elias Barnabas
Barnabas, whose full name is Elias Barnabas Inyasi, is a musician from Tanzania.[1][2][3] His breakthrough song was "“Baby I Love You”" released in 2007.[4] According to a 2018 entry on Ghafla!, he is "one of the most youthful and most conspicuous and effective lyricists cum artists/entertainers in cutting edge Tanzania."[5]
At the People's Choice Award 2015, Barnabas was nominated for Best Artist of the Year as well as Best Music Video for Wahalade.[2]
His song Nampaga was one of 13 songs banned in 2018 under an obscenity ruling by the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) based on a list of songs from the National Arts Council of Tanzania.[6]
Early career[edit]
He sang in a church choir and then at 17 years-old performed on Tanzania House of Talent (THT) while pursuing a career as a hip hop artist. He subsequently took up the guitar and found his passion.[7] He wrote the song "Niroge" with Vanessa Mdee.[8]
Influences[edit]
In 2019, Barnabas mourned the death of Rugemalira Mutahaba, who he identified as a father figure in his life.[9]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Barnaba Boy: Nayakosa sana maisha ya kawaida". BBC News Swahili. 19 September 2017 – via www.bbc.com.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Tanzania: People's Choice Award 2015 Nominees Named". allafrica.com. 11 May 2015. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
- ↑ "Barnaba Elias". musicinafrica.net. 2015-04-09. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
- ↑ "Barnaba". musicians4africa.com. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
- ↑ Kiboi, Moree (2018-01-10). "DOWNLOAD mp3: Barnaba - Ngoma ft. Aslay - Ghafla! Music". www.ghafla.com.
- ↑ AfricaNews (2018-03-02). "Tanzania bans 'obscene music', 2 Diamond Platinumz songs affected - Africanews".
- ↑ "DOWNLOAD mp3: Barnaba – Tuachane Mdogo - Ghafla!". 2018-08-20.
- ↑ Mwabishi, Pauline (2018-08-16). "Top trending Vanessa Mdee songs".
- ↑ https://allafrica.com/stories/201903040130.html
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