TANZANIA, June 29 -- SOMEWHERE on the eastern edge of Africa, nestled between the Indian Ocean, Mount Kilimanjaro, and a thousand WhatsApp groups, lies a country bursting with music, wildlife, and opinions that expire faster than milk.

That country is called Tanzania. A land of paradoxes, where we clap loudest when youre no longer around to hear it.

In that wonderfully confusing country lives a young man who has done what few humans – and maybe some angels – dare to dream.

Born Nasibu Abdul Juma Isaack on October 2, 1989, in Dar es Salaam, everybody calls him Diamond Platnumz.

He is Tanzanias biggest music superstar and a pioneer of modern Bongo Flava.

He rose to fame with “Kamwambie” in 2010 and has since bui...