Artists

 Influenced by his personal history between Madagascar, France and Reunion, Dagoroots reflects the music and sounds of his wanderings. As a musician and singer-songwriter, this charismatic artist combines different rhythms in his sound creation that he calls the Rezzega, a mix of reggae, rock, jazz, traditional maloya, salegy and world read more

Damian Innocent Mihayo, better known as Damian Soul, is a popular Tanzanian singer, songwriter, composer and guitarist. Born and raised Sinza, Dar es Salaam, Damian performs a variety of musical styles including afro-soul, afro-jazz, R&B, and bongo flava.

He has great charisma on stage, where he is at the forefront of read more

Dawda Jobarteh is a Denmark-based artist, originally from The Gambia. He takes his griot heritage seriously, being the grandson of Alhaji Bai Konte and son of Amadou Bansang Jobarteh. In Mandinka kora music, both were legends of their times.

Dawda learned music playing calabash at the feet of his uncle Malamin. read more

[[[The Dhow Countries Music Academy is Zanzibar's first music school and the only of its kind in East Africa. Focusing on teaching traditional music DCMA has about 100 active students from all levels, amateurs to professional musicians, visiting the academy almost daily to practice. But DCMA also reaches out bringing read more

Zanzibar’s Dhow Countries Music Academy welcomes children from different schools across the island and unites them with musicians and teachers from DCMA. 

DCMA Young Stars was established in 2013, with its main aims to create, develop, cherish and promote the unique music ideas of kids, teens and young adults.

Debo Band is a nine piece Ethio-groove collective that has quickly earned an ever-growing and enthusiastic following in the USA performing for American, Ethiopian and Eritrean communities. Since 2006, Debo Band has been immersed in the unlikely confluence of traditional East African polyrhythms and pentatonic scales, classic American soul and read more