The
12th edition of what has become Africa’s foremost festival of
performing arts, Sauti Za Busara, kicked off the evening of 12th Feb
with the venue, the Old Fort in the Stone Town, filled to capacity.
Artists
from across Africa are once again performing and thrilling the crowds
with the variety of their tunes. The opening night this year will see
such accomplished artists like Bonaya Doti (Kenya), Culture Musical Club
(Zanzibar), Tcheka (Cape Verde), Erik Aliana (Cameroun), Msafiri Zawose
(Tz), Isabel Novella (Mozambique), Alikiba #popitin (Tz) and others,
perform, all live of course, as “canned music” has little place here.
Other
activities which await this year is the book signing by Haji Gora on
February 14, titled “Twelve Poems by Haji Gora” at the Hurumzi Hotel at
1100 hours and the “Songs for Peace Awards” on closing night, February
15 at 2000 hours which is a cooperation of more than a dozen Tanzanian
musicians to use music for the promotion of peace.
On
Zanzibar at least, Sauti Za Busara will outrank the hype over
Valentine’s Day as all eyes, and ears of course, will be trained on the
stages where performances are given to the audiences at various venues
during the day and at night.
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