Swahili Encounters
Country Zanzibar Various Genres fusion Website busaramusic.org Festival Sauti za Busara 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024 On stage Feb 2024 Sat 11,  7:05pm Main Stage
Kila mwaka, wakati wa wiki ya kuelekea tamasha, Sauti za Busara, kwa kushirikiana na Chuo cha Muziki cha Dhow Countries Music Academy (DCMA), hutoa fursa nzuri kwa wasanii wa ndani na nje ya nchi kujumuika pamoja, kutengeneza sauti za kipekee, kufanya mazoezi ya pamoja, na hatimaye. Kutumbuiza pamoja kama bendi iliyokamilika.
Swahili Encounters 2024 inawaleta pamoja wasanii kutoka nchi mbalimbali, zikiwemo Zanzibar, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Sudan, Kenya, Ethiopia, Niger, na Uganda. Hadhira itagundua sauti mpya moja kwa moja kwenye jukwaa Jumamosi, tarehe 10 Februari.
Wasanii, akiwemo Fatime Songoro (Hungary/Tanzania) kwenye Saxophone, Siti Amina (Zanzibar) kwenye Oud/Vocal, Islam Elbeiti (Sudan) kwenye Bass, Chudo Master (Tanzania) kwenye Djembe/Nyatiti, Hassan Mahenge (Tanzania) kwenye percussion na saxophone. , Girum Mezmur (Ethiopia) kwenye Gitaa/Accordion, Alhousseini Mohammed (Niger) kwenye Gitaa, Mary Anibal (Zimbabwe) kwenye Vocal/Mbira, Muhonja (Kenya) kwenye Vocal, na Mariam Namuyodi (Uganda) kwenye Drum.
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