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National Arts Council of Tanzania (BASATA)

Based in
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Baraza la Sanaa la Taifa, Tanzania’s statutory National Arts Council. It maintains an artist registration system, publishes laws, regulations and notices, and operates public lists of banned songs, artists and groups. In May 2025 it summoned Harmonize and Ibraah over their contract dispute and mediated Ibraah’s exit from Konde Music Worldwide. Its own website carries no press release, notice or ruling on that dispute.

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