East African music legend and Tanzanian opposition politician Joseph Haule, popularly known by his stage name Professor Jay, has for the first time posted on social media after more than a year of public concerns about his whereabouts and health.
The Tanzanian rapper, songwriter and former MP revealed that he had been admitted to a hospital’s intensive care unit for more than four months.
Neither he nor his family have said what he was suffering from.
Professor Jay says that he received treatment at Muhimbili National Hospital in Tanzania’s main city, Dar es Salaam, and was later supported by the government to get further treatment abroad.
On Tuesday, he posted on Instagram for the first time since January last year.
He expressed appreciation for the support he received from the government, his Chadema party, and the public while he was fighting for his life.
Professor Jay is widely known as one of the pioneers of Tanzania’s modern Swahili music genre Bongo Flava.