Sauti za Busara (Sounds of Wisdom)
11/02/2010 - 16/02/2010
Place of event: Stone Town
This is a celebration of African music underneath an African sky. The festival usually kicks off with a street parade whose ultimate stop is the main venue, usually, Old Fort in Stone Town. It showcases East African music, both new and old music, upcoming and well established names, traditional to techno... with guest musicians from all over Africa.
This year participants will come from as far as South Africa, Egypt, Trididad and Tobago.
Some of the confirmed artists for 2010 are:
Thandiswa (South Africa) Simba Brown Band (Mozambique) Debo Band (Ethiopia / USA) Ikwani Safaa Musical Club ft Tamalyn Dallal (Zanzibar / USA) Tausi Women's Taarab (Zanzibar) Mari Boine (Norway) Dawda Jobarteh (The Gambia) Del Diho (Mayotte) Fresh Jumbe African Express (Tanzania / Japan) Mim Suleiman (Zanzibar / UK) Massar Egbari (Egypt) Nyota Ndogo (Kenya) Obibase (Guinea) Sousou Maher Cissoko (Senegal / Sweden) > Xova (UK) Kunja Dance Theatre (Kenya) Sinachuki Kidumbak (Zanzibar) Isaac Blackman The Love Circle (Trinidad Tobago)
Admission is free to all EA Residents before 5pm.
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