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Sauti za Busara

Sauti za Busara

[Sounds of Wisdom]

is a pan-African music festival centred in Stone Town, Zanzibar, attracting thousands of music-lovers from near and far. The theme for the 19th edition, which took place during 11 – 13 February 2022 was ‘Paza Sauti: Amplifying Women’s Voices’. 

We took the chance to do some very effective promotion for Zanzibar for Beginners at the Old Fort, where this spectacular Music Festival took place, with musicians from all over Africa and visitors from all over the world.

Afternoon vibes with chilling music at the Old Fort in Stonetown

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In Tanzania Zanzibar for Beginners is available at MAKbooks and Brains in Dar es Salaam and at Memories in Stonetown/Zanzibar as well as in several hotels on the Island. Cost: 20 Dollar plus shipping.

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Afternoon vibes with chilling music at the Old Fort in Stonetown /// Nachmittags-Vibes mit entspannter Musik im Old Fort in Stonetown
The Old Fort is the oldest building of Stonetown, the Capital of Zanzibar. It was built by Oman Arabs after expelling the Portuguese in 1699 (Wikipedia) /// Das Old Fort ist das älteste Gebäude Stonetowns, der Hauptstadt von Sansibar. Es wurde von den Omanen gebaut, die 1699 die Portugiesen vertrieben
Rastas Bobo Shanti and Beatus Kataruga, promoting our lCATA Pamoja project with colorful T-Shirts carrying our Logo. Pamoja is a Suaheli word and means “together”. So this project aims at bringing people of different cultures, ages, colors and lifestyles together, because we all know that only Pamoja, together, we can save our world. /// Die Rastas Bobo Shanti und Beatus Kataruga promoten unser ICATA Pamoja-Projekt mit bunten T-Shirts, die unser Logo tragen. Pamoja ist Swaheli und heißt ,zusammen’. Ziel des Projektes ist es, Menschen unterschiedlicher Kulturen zusammen und ins Gespräch zu bringen, denn wie wir alle wissen können wir nur pamoja -zusammen – unsere Welt retten.
When Carrie from Australia bought my book I felt especially happy, since I know that now my recent baby “Zanzibar for Beginners” will be in four continents – after Africa, Germany and recently USA now also in Australia. /// Besonders glücklich war ich, als Carrie aus Australien mein Buch kaufte, da ich nun weiß, dass mein jüngstes „Baby“ “Zanzibar for Beginners” nun in vier Kontinenten angekommen ist – nach Afrika, Europa und den USA nun also auch in Australien!
At evening, the place is hot and powerful women enter the stage – end let their voices to be heard. We sure need more of that! /// Am Abend wird die Szene heiß. Als powerful Women die Bühne betreten – und ihre tollen Stimmen lautstark hörbar machen. Wir brauchen unbedingt mehr davon!
Women rock the stages /// Frauen rocken die Bühne
In an interesting chat with Swiss photographer Harald Schaffer, who just brought out a video about paradise Island Zanzibar. /// In angeregter Unterhaltung mit dem Schweizer Fotografen Harald Schaffer, der gerade ein Video über die Paradiesinsel Sansibar gedreht hat.

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