Bango

Bango is a music style created and made popular on the East African coast by Joseph Ngala. It fuses traditional Portuguese music genres, Arabic-influenced taarab music, jazz, and coastal Bantu musical traditions. It resembles easy-listening styles of Latin America such as bossa nova, as well as music from various Indian Ocean islands including the Seychelles and Mauritius.

Ngala (also known by the stage name "Mzee Ngala") is a renowned Kenyan bango musician from Freretown, Mombasa. He is the founder of the genre and previously performed with groups such as the Hodi Boys. He later founded and led the 1960s–1970s group Bahari Boys, serving as its main composer and creative force. Mzee Ngala's song “Bango” is the origin of the genre’s name, and the persistence of the term reflects the influence of his work.