Greetings and salaams from Stone Town!
We hope this note finds you well.
The heat is on and expectations high in Zanzibar with only days to go ‘til the fifth edition of Sauti za Busara. We’re building up a healthy head of steam in the festival office, where the staff, like the fans, are running full speed all day and late into the night. The shimmering turquoise waters of the Indian Ocean are a stone’s throw away - if only we could find time to dive in once in a while!
African music lovers among you will have noticed every year BBC and fROOTS music critics nominate four groups from each Continent, of which one is chosen as This Year’s Best. In 2006, two groups were nominated from West Africa, and one from East. In 2007, the score was the same: West 2, East 1. The nominations have just been announced for the 2008 World Music Awards, with West scooping 3 to East Africa’s nil.
Judging from the wealth of international CD releases over the years, we believe that the critics are right. But if the Awards were for live music, we reckon the East Africans would be in with a chance. Come to Zanzibar in February and judge for yourselves.
It’s only once or twice a year that West African musicians get to perform in East Africa (unlike most countries in Europe, we note with jealousy, where it seems there is a Malian band performing every other week!) Sauti za Busara (Sounds of Wisdom) showcases forty of the best.
Established as well as upcoming groups from East Africa and, as you’ll read below, among the away teams for 2008, a bunch of kora and ngoni masters from the West Side also join the party!
As Simon Broughton points out in the opening words of this month’s Songlines, his “most treasured memories of African music are of hearing it in situ with an African audience.”
As Simon Broughton points out in the opening words of this month’s Songlines, his “most treasured memories of African music are of hearing it in situ with an African audience.”
This February, believe us, Zanzibar is the only place to be.
Festival Finalé Party
We are pleased to announce the festival finale party on 12 February 2008, featuring live music, DJs and acrobats will be held at Fairmont Zanzibar.
The Fairmont Zanzibar is located on the beautiful north east coast of Zanzibar, famed for miles of white powder sandy beaches and pristine coral reefs - see www.fairmont.com/zanzibar
We are pleased to announce the festival finale party on 12 February 2008, featuring live music, DJs and acrobats will be held at Fairmont Zanzibar.
The Fairmont Zanzibar is located on the beautiful north east coast of Zanzibar, famed for miles of white powder sandy beaches and pristine coral reefs - see www.fairmont.com/zanzibar
Artists featuring in the 2008 festival:
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba (West Africa), Malouma (West Africa), Maalesh (Comoros), Seckou Keita Quartet + (West Africa / Europe), Bi Kidude (Zanzibar), Bantu & Afrobeat Academy (West Africa / Europe), Yunasi (Kenya), Culture Musical Club (Zanzibar), Bring the Noise (Pan Africa), Ahmed el Salam (North Africa / Europe), Afrodynamix (Pan Africa / Europe), Celloman (Europe), National Taarab All Stars (Zanzibar), Maulidi ya Homu ya Mtendeni (Zanzibar), Eric Wainaina & the Mapinduzi Band (Kenya), Tamarind Band (Zanzibar), Nfithe (Mozambique), N’faly Kouyaté and Dunyakan (West Africa / Various), Sakaki Mango (Japan), TMK Majita Original (Tanzania), Maurice Kirya (Uganda), Mwana FA (Tanzania), Nako2Nako Soldiers (Tanzania), Jaymoe (Tanzania), Splendid Theatre (Tanzania), 7 Survival (Tanzania), Tibirinzi All Stars (Pemba), Z. Anto (Tanzania), Kassim (Tanzania), Madee (Tanzania), Jahazi Modern Taarab (Tanzania), Mrisho Mpoto (Tanzania), Black Roots (Zanzibar), Akhenaton Family (Zanzibar), Moto Combat (Tanzania), KIKI Taarab (Zanzibar), Yange Yange Trio (Tanzania), Jakamoyo (Tanzania), Kijiji Family The Big Nation (Zanzibar), DJ Yusuf (Zanzibar / Europe).
Samahani haihusiani na Sauti Za Busara.
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Mdau hapo juu sijui shule umesomea wapi ndugu yangu, kwani hueleweki vizuri,pili una spelling mistakes kibao na tatu kiswahili chako taaabu kwelikweli sijui labda english kama ni richabo.
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Mi naomba ufafanuzi juu ya artists "walioindiketiwa" kwenye mabano Tanzania na wengine Zanzibar. Inamaanisha nini? Au niulize wana tofauti gani?
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safi sanaa mamaaa wa kiafrika mpelekeshe huyo
ReplyDeletepampula2007@gmail.com
yes kwenye mambo ya utamaduni na culture lazima zanzaibar na tanganyika watengane. La sivyo hakitaeleweka kitu. Ila wamekosea. Tanzania ni yote inajumuisha Zanzibar na bara . Wangesema Tanganyika na Zanzibar kwenye mabano.
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