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- event type: Festival
- start date type: 08 Feb 2012
- end date: 12 Feb 2012
- time: 16h00 - 02h00 daily
- city/area: Zanzibar
- venue: Stone Town
- country: Tanzania
- style(s): World
- event submitted by: Busara Promotions
Sauti za Busara [kiswahili = Sounds of Wisdom] is THE annual music festival in East Africa.
Past performers include Didier Awadi, Bassekou Kouyate, Samba Mapangala & Orchestra Virunga, Natacha Atlas, Jagwa Music, Ba Cissoko, Bi Kidude, Thandiswa, Comrade Fatso, Culture Musical Club, Orchestre Poly Rhythmo de Cotonou and more.
The 9th edition in Stone Town, Zanzibar during 8 - 12 February 2012 features:
400 musicians: 20 groups from Tanzania plus 20 from African Continent and diaspora
African Music Films
Carnival Street Parade
Swahili Encounters: artistic collaborations, for invited visiting and local musicians
Movers & Shakers: networking forum for arts professionals
Seminars and Training Workshops: skills-building for East African artists, managers, technicians and music professionals
Festival marketplace
Busara Xtra: fringe events
web: www.busaramusic.org
email: busara@busara.or.tz
tel:+255 773 822 294 or +255 24 223 2423
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