2nd Sauti za Busara Music Festival
SAUTI ZA BUSARA (Sounds of Wisdom) is a free four-day feast of top-quality music, theatre and dance. This unique and exciting festival is free and takes place in Forodhani Gardens on the seafront of Zanzibar’s historic Stone Town. Held annually around the middle of February, its main aim is to bring people together in celebration of the wealth and diversity of Swahili music. The majority of groups participating are from the East African region and islands, with some invited artists from other parts of Africa and the world.
Preparations are underway for the 2nd Sauti za Busara Music Festival
taking place in Stone Town, Zanzibar, 10th – 13th February, 2005.
SAUTI ZA BUSARA (Sounds of Wisdom) is a free four-day feast of top-quality music, theatre and dance. This unique and exciting festival is free and takes place in Forodhani Gardens on the seafront of Zanzibar’s historic Stone Town. Held annually around the middle of February, its main aim is to bring people together in celebration of the wealth and diversity of Swahili music. The majority of groups participating are from the East African region and islands, with some invited artists from other parts of Africa and the world.
Reviews of Sauti za Busara 2004 Festival with photographs appear on many websites including www.afropop.org, www.thephatplanet.com, www.worldmusiccentral.org, www.mondomix.com, as well as latest (July 2004) issue of fROOTS magazine.
If you or your group would like to be considered for participation in 2005 Festival, please send a letter or email to us as soon as possible, including recent recording (on CD, cassette, MD, DVD, VCD or VHS) and information to arrive not later than 30 September, 2004.
If you can also forward this mail to other musicians, agents, media and performing artists that may be interested we appreciate your help.
Organised by Busara Promotions, a cultural NGO based in Zanzibar, the festival is a highlight of its Swahili Encounters project, bringing together a rich and dynamic programme of musical styles, including different ngoma styles, taarab, rumba “muziki wa dansi”, Swahili hiphop “bongo flava”, mystic and religious music, theatre, comedy and dance.
The festival attracts many locals as well as international visitors to the islands and provides artists from the Swahili region with a rare opportunity to meet, exchange ideas, learn from each other and create.
It also happens to be the friendliest festival on Planet Earth.
10 – 13 February, 2005 – 2nd Sauti za Busara Festival
Main focus to showcase the wealth and diversity of Swahili music
9 – 12 February, 2006 – 3rd Sauti za Busara Festival
Main aim to showcase music from around the African Continent, with a special focus on Music, Faith & Spirituality.
SAUTI ZA BUSARA is organised by Busara Promotions - a non-governmental, non-political, non-profit cultural organisation registered 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”.
For more information contact Festival Director at [email protected]
Busara Promotions, PO Box 3635, Zanzibar, Tanzania.
Tel: (+255) 24 223 2423 or (0)747 428478
Fax: +44 870 1321190
Email: [email protected]