The Sauti za Busara music festival kicks off in Zanzibar this weekend - an event meant to promote Swahili music to a younger generation of Tanzanians raised on Western Top 40 hits. But the Stone Town ...

As glittering disco lights filter through puffs of scented smoke, Aisha Bakary moves her vinyl wheels back and forth on a turntable to produce rhythmic sounds. Dressed in a buibui -- a traditional ...

Zanzibar music lovers everywhere are mourning the loss of legendary musician Makame Faki Makame, who died on January 18, 2020, at the age of 77, at Global hospital in Stone Town, Zanzibar, following a ...

Thousands of visitors to the historic city of Stone Town, Zanzibar, have followed the sound of music to the Dhow Countries Music Academy (DCMA), a music school that promotes and preserves the islands’ ...

Pennyroyal Limited the developers of Blue Amber Zanzibar a leading African leisure destination and Zanzibar’s premier island resort, and Busara Promotions the organizers of the Sauti za Busara a pan, ...

Yusuf Mahmoud talks with considered precision. There’s a whir of generators and heavy machinery going on in the background - the new port in Zanzibar is being assembled before us. Wind in the palm ...

The Chattanooga music scene is rich with a variety of venues that share their space with local talented singers, song writers, musicians and dancers. They bring people both young and old to the ...

Famed for being the birthplace of Freddie Mercury, Zanzibar is also renowned in Africa for producing some of the continent's most unique and vibrant music. However, with the recent cancellation of one ...

Famed for being the birthplace of Freddie Mercury, Zanzibar is also renowned in Africa for producing some of the continent's most unique and vibrant music. However, with the recent cancellation of one ...