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 ...

On the edge of Stone Town, the ancient and exquisite maze of narrow alleyways on the seafront of Unguja, the largest of the islands of Zanzibar, there's a large, whitewashed building. For over four ...

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 ...

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 ...

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’ ...

Famed for being the birthplace of Freddie Mercury, Zanzibar is also renowned in Africa for producing some of the continent's most unique and vibrant music. However, with the recent cancellation of one ...