Freddy was born on the slopes of Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. He's a prolific writer of prose, poetry, plays and songs as well as being a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and performer.
At the age of 13 Freddy started singing and acting on stage. To begin with he lived and worked as a journalist in Dar es Salaam in the 1970s and 1980s and had some books and plays published including 'Twenzetu Ulaya' (a collection of Swahili stories), a biography of renowned musician Remi Ongala and a collection of poems called 'Papers! Papers! Papers!'. Freddy won the BBC poetry prize in 1981 and the poems appear in the anthology 'Summer Fires' (Heinemann, 1983).
In 1984 Freddy had a very successful tour of Scandanavian countries including the Oslo International Theatre Festival with his Tanzanian group 'Sayari'. Then for a 4 year period from 1988 Freddy was lead vocalist with the reggae-afro-funk band Os Galas, based in Brazil. 
Freddy moved to Britain in 1996 and has undertaken numerous projects involving workshops, drama and music. Having travelled widely he speaks and performs in several different languages. From 1998 to 2001 in Stoke Newington and Brixton Freddy held a popular event at Bar Lorca called 'World Music Nights' at which musicians could meet and try out new materials. This was referred to as 'the local WOMAD' by The Hackney Gazette and was an important factor in Freddy being the Musicians' Union's World Music Representative for its Folk & Traditional section in 1999-2001. Currently Freddy can be found leading regular dance workshops and