{"id":38093,"date":"2018-07-13T15:39:45","date_gmt":"2018-07-13T14:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=38093"},"modified":"2018-07-13T15:42:10","modified_gmt":"2018-07-13T14:42:10","slug":"afro-miziiki-releases-new-album-fgm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/07\/afro-miziiki-releases-new-album-fgm\/","title":{"rendered":"AFRO MIZIIKI Releases New Album &#8216;FGM&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"38094\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/07\/afro-miziiki-releases-new-album-fgm\/untitled-31\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Untitled.jpg?fit=3264%2C4928&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3264,4928\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Untitled\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Untitled.jpg?fit=640%2C966&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-38094\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Untitled.jpg?resize=640%2C966&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"966\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Afro Fusion singer Afro Miziiki graduated in 2009 and decided to pursue a career in music, and shortly after won a Bongo Star performance award, before becoming the lead vocalist for a Tanzanian band.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">[space height=&#8221;10&#8243;]<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Taking her influences from the likes of Whitney Houston and Maria Carey, the Dar Es Salaam resident is set to release her newest album, &#8216;FGM&#8217;.<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Random Ad stuff --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2076862002005673\" data-ad-slot=\"3107208401\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><\/p>\n<p><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Miziiki combines her love for a wide range of world music styles and her desire to address some of the questions asked by everyone. The twelve track album, &#8216;FGM&#8217; is filled with sultry vocals and thought provoking lyrics, combined with superb production by Elisha Haonga.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">[space height=&#8221;10&#8243;]<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Signed to UK independent label, Sustainable Records, who focus on originality rather than consumer driven strategy, Miziiki has been working with a team used to accommodate a wide range of styles and genres. Her focus is on live performance, and urban guerilla marketing and sales, meaning that Sustainable Records is her perfect match.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">[space height=&#8221;10&#8243;]<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;FGM&#8217; is set for release from 20th July on a number of digital platforms. Find Afro Miziiki online on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Afro-Miziiki-102967840559443\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AMiziiki\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Afro Fusion singer Afro Miziiki graduated in 2009 and decided to pursue a career in music, and shortly after won a Bongo Star performance award, before becoming the lead vocalist for a Tanzanian band.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":38096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[57,9],"tags":[15382,15383,15384,15386,15389,15388,15387,144,77,78,304,15390,15385,5013],"class_list":["post-38093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-artists","category-new-releases","tag-afro-fusion","tag-afro-miziiki","tag-bongo-star","tag-dar-es-salaam","tag-elisha-haonga","tag-fgm","tag-maria-carey","tag-new-album","tag-new-release","tag-singer","tag-songwriter","tag-sustainable-records","tag-tanzania","tag-whitney-houston"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-9Up","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":70877,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2021\/08\/dayna-nyange-releases-her-much-anticipated-ep-elo-featuring-davido\/","url_meta":{"origin":38093,"position":0},"title":"Dayna Nyange Releases Her Much Anticipated EP, &#8216;ELO&#8217;, Featuring Davido","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"18\/08\/2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Tanzanian musician and singer Dayna Nyange, known as Dragon Queen to her followers, has released her much anticipated EP, 'ELO'. 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