Safari Sound Band is a Kenya

Kenya

Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

n hotel pop band. In over twenty years of activity, they were certified platinum four times, and their recordings of Swahili

Swahili language

Swahili or Kiswahili is a Bantu language spoken by various ethnic groups that inhabit several large stretches of the Mozambique Channel coastline from northern Kenya to northern Mozambique, including the Comoro Islands. It is also spoken by ethnic minority groups in Somalia...

 classics such as "Jambo Bwana

Jambo Bwana

"Jambo Bwana" is one of the best internationally-known Kenyan pop songs. It was first released in 1982 by Kenyan band Them Mushrooms, and later covered by a number of other groups and artists, including Mombasa Roots, Safari Sound Band, Khadja Nin, Adam Solomon and the German group Boney M....

" (published with title "Jambo, Jambo") and "Malaika

Malaika

Malaika, which means "angel" in Swahili , is the most famous love song in Kenyan pop music, as well as one of the most widely known Swahili songs...

" are well-known. They have published a number of CDs, featuring cover versions of African evergreens as well as other easy listening

Easy listening

Easy listening is a broad style of popular music and radio format that emerged in the 1950s, evolving out of big band music, and related to MOR music as played on many AM radio stations. It encompasses the exotica, beautiful music, light music, lounge music, ambient music, and space age pop genres...

 Swahili pop tracks. The band consists of six elements (guitar, keyboards, saxophone, bass, drums, and percussions). All the band members also sing.

Partial discography

• Images of Kenya (1995).
• The Best of African Songs. Track listing: "Jambo Jambo", "Pole Pole", "Nakupenda Wewe", "Music In Africa", "Coconut", "Kenya Safari", "Pole Musa", "Mombasa", "Lala Salama", "Karibuni Kenya", "Kilimanjaro", "Malaika", "Ahsante Sana", "Mama Sofia"
• Mombasa Moon (1999). Tracks listing: "Love Peace & Happiness", "Jambo Jambo", "Chakacha", "Simba", "Pole Pole", "Welcome Home", "Kenya Safari", "Coconut", "Mombasa Moon", "Malaika", "Pole Musa", "Lala Salama"
• East Coast Dreams (1999)
• Mambo Jambo (ARC 2001). Track listing: "Jambo Jambo", "Simba", "Kala Mashaka", "Hinde", "Pole Pole", "Nakupenda Wewe", "Chakacha", "Binti", "Mamake Asiya", "Watoto", "Mambo Jambo", "Mama Sofia", "Pole Musa", "Malaika
  Malaika
  Malaika, which means "angel" in Swahili , is the most famous love song in Kenyan pop music, as well as one of the most widely known Swahili songs...
  
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