Artists

Tamimu Mshauri Salum is a young, talented, and energetic musician from Bagamoyo, a coastal town north of Dar es Salaam, who flutters the flag of Singeli music in Tanzania.

His first song, “Sifa ya Mwanamke,” was released in 2019. Its success saw the track being played all over the media as read more

Since 2008, the band Loryzine has been performing a modern and dynamic version of traditional Maloya music.

It represents the numerous colours and origins of the local population, in the middle of the Indian Ocean.  

Maloya is traditional music, originally played by the slaves brought from East read more

Zanzibar's most promising Hiphop group, playing a variety of Rap, Ragga and R&B music using swahili language, like most hip hop artists their songs are about love and issues affecting daily lives of people in their society. They have participated in a number of concerts and at the 2003 Festival read more

 Sofaz reflect the Indian Ocean island of Reunion; a melting pot of cultures where song, music, dance and poetry share common dreams and reality, anger, hope and inspiration. Their stage show is energetic and lively, including elements of traditional maloya mixed with reggae, trance and electro. A show guaranteed to 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.

The G Clef Taarab Orchestra performs regularly in the bars, dance halls, clubs and at weddings. In a drive to revive the variety of musical genres from the dhow countries region,  it demonstrates its musical versatility through genres such as modern taarab, mgodro, salege, chakacha, sega and mbiwi.

The read more