Music
Sauti za Busara: the Zanzibar festival that fills an old fort with African music every February
Sauti za Busara, meaning "sounds of wisdom" in Swahili, is an annual festival of African music held in…
taarab
Arts + Culture
Still singing on stage past 100: Bi Kidude, the queen of Zanzibar’s taarab
Bi Kidude, born Fatuma binti Baraka in Zanzibar around 1910, was called the queen of taarab and unyago…