The Zawose Queens carry on a long tradition of fluid polyrhythmic and rapturous polyphonic singing of the Gogo (also known as Wagogo) people from the Dodoma region of central Tanzania. Coming from a musical family as descendants of the great Dr. Hukwe Zawose, they have been surrounded by music their entire lives. While women among the Wagogo people were traditionally only permitted to sing background harmonies, and play a single small drum called muheme, they chose to question and eventually challenge those taboos. In 2019, the UK-based producers Oli Barton-Wood and Tom Excell visited Tanzania, where they connected with two women from the Zawose family, Leah and Pendo, leading to the release of their debut album “Maisha” in 2024. The duo's stunning album, heralds a new era. “Maisha” presents the Zawose Queens in ways powerful, inventive and fiercely, liberatingly danceable. Blending organic harmonies and electronic elements, in their dance-inspired fusion they connect to nature, ceremony and ritual. In the last few years, they have performed on festivals like Glastonbury, Womad, Sauti Za Busara, Womex etc. This year, they will bring their East African roots with subtle electronic elements-with beats and drops, to the final night of OFFest.