WINDS UP WITH A BANG East Africa’s finest culture
13 -and 16music FEB 2020 festival By Yusuf Mahmoud
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fter four consecutive nights of energetic live performances at the iconic Ngome Kongwe, curtains rolled down on the 17th edition of the Sauti za Busara music festival. Featuring an array of performances from artistes who came from different parts of the African continent, the festival breathed life into the usually quiet neighbourhoods of Stone Town.
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The audience, too, was as diversified as the artists line up, they had travelled from as far as Australia, Norway, Greece, France, Germany, Russia, USA, Japan and other parts of the world. The massive arrivals for the festival once again confirmed that it has turned what was once a low tourist season into an intense season of booming business.
The 40 groups from across the African Continent that made the final cut showed audiences why they had been selected above the rest, exhibiting creativity and energy on stage, which have become hallmarks of the festival that is rated among the top 7 in Africa. According to festival director Yusuf Mahmoud, this year’s festival showed the world a different face of Africa that often goes unheard.
