SafariLands.org: Events: Sauti za Busara Music Festival, Zanzibar February 7th-10th, 2008

The festival is organised by Busara Promotions, a non-governmental, non-political, non-profit cultural organisation based in Zanzibar "to promote and develop opportunities for local and international music and performing artists within the East African region, work to strengthen the local arts infrastructure and build networks internationally, for the social, cultural and economic growth of Africa and the dhow region"

5th Sauti za Busara music festival - Stone Town, Zanzibar, February 7th-10th, 2008

Featuring:

Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba (West Africa), Malouma (West Africa), Maalesh (Comoros), Seckou Keita Quartet + (West Africa / Europe), Bi Kidude (Zanzibar), Baladna Taarab (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 Kouyate 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), DCMA meets 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), and your good selves.

Location

Wondering "Where exactly in Stone Town will the festival be located?"
Get a crow's eye view of the main venue on our Location page.

Festival Finale 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 http://www.fairmont.com/zanzibar

Travel and Accommodation

Coming from abroad? You might want to make a few arrangements in advance - see our Travel page.

Join the Crew

We always have far more offers of help than we can hope to satisfy, and in any case we always give priority to crew from previous years.
All applicants should be from Zanzibar or mainland Tanzania AND have relevant skills and experience.

Greetings and salaams from Stone Town and we hope this note finds you well. The heat is on and expectations high in Zanzibar with only weeks 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."

This February, believe us, Zanzibar is the only place to be.

SAUTI ZA BUSARA 2008

ZAIDI ya wasanii 400 maarufu na chipukizi watashiriki kwenye tamasha la Nne Sauti za Busara litakaloanza kuunguruma kuanzia Februari hadi 14, mwaka huu katika eneo Ngome Kongwe visiwani Zanzibar.

Tamasha hilo la siku sita lililojipatia umaarufu mkubwa Afrika na hata Ulaya, litazinduliwa kwa onyesho filamu ya Bi Kidude ya "As Old As My Tongue: The Myth & Life of Kidude" inayohusu maisha ya msanii huyo mkongwe iliyotengenezwa Zanzibar na Ulaya miaka minne iliyopita.

Kwa mujibu wa waandaaji, tamasha hilo litatanguliwa na warsha ya siku tatu kwa wasanii na zaidi kwa wale ambao wanatoka nchi ambazo hutumia lugha ya Kiswahili kwa ajili ya kujenga na kubadilishana mawazo kisanii na ujuzi mbalimbali.

"Na mwaka huu pia kutakuwa na kitu kipya na muhimu kwa washiriki kwani kutakuwapo semina ya wazi ya bure kwa washiriki watakaopenda kujifunza masuala ya menejimenti ya muziki pamoja na mbinu za kutafuta masoko," alisema Mkurugenzi wa Sauti za Busara, Yusuf Mahmoud jana alipozungumza na waandishi wa habari Dar es Salaam.

Tamasha la mwaka huu litakuwa na mambo mengine mapya ikiwamo kusherehekea ufunguzi wa tamasha kwa kuandamana kupitia mitaa ya Stone Town siku ya ufunguzi. Pia kutakuwapo
sherehe za kufunga tamasha Siku ya Wapendanao kwenye Hoteli ya Kendwa Beach.

Baadhi ya wasanii watakaokuwapo kwenye tamasha la mwaka huu ni Jose Chameleone, Fid Q, MB Dogg, Matonya, Juma Nature na Wanaume Halisi wakiwa na Inspekta Haroun, Luteni Kalama, Dolly, Rich One, na Nako2Nako.

Source: Habari Leo

Source: http://www.busaramusic.org