ZANZIBAR: MALIAN music icon, Salif Keita, is set to headline the 23rd edition of Sauti za Busara, Africa’s renowned music ...

The Timeless Rhythm of the Sea In the warm waters surrounding Kilwa Kisiwani, a small island along Tanzania's southern coast, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It has a habit of marshalling your gaze away from shabby Soviet-style apartment blocks and training it on white-washed palaces with ornate doors and latticed balconies; away from traffic jams of ...

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’ ...

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 ...

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, ...

Brian May shared photos from his trip to bandmate Freddie Mercury's childhood home in Zanzibar Queen star Brian May is retracing the childhood steps of bandmate Freddie Mercury. The legendary rock ...

A company statement said the venue, which has been giving live opportunities to innumerable local acts for almost 30 years, is closing its doors because COVID-19 has made it financially impossible to ...