African Music Festivals
in Africa 2014-2019

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2019
2 Festivals | Latest Update 27 December 2018

2-9 February 2019:
The 15th Festival sur le Niger - Segou'Art, Ségou, Mali.
With:
SÉKOUBA BAMBINO (GUINÉE CONAKRY) | MBOKKA PROJECT ( MAROC , MALI, CÔTE D’IVOIRE, SÉNÉGAL) | KADER TARMAHEIN (ALGÉRIE) | MONZA (MAURITANIE) | MANDEN-FÔLI (MALI) | FOUSCO & DJENEBA (MALI) | CHEICKNÉ SISSOKO – 5 TAMANS (MALI) | JOKKO FAM ( MALI, SÉNÉGAL) | AMI YÉRÉWOLO ( MALI) | SALOMÉ DEMBÉLÉ (MALI) | ASTOU NIAMÈ (MALI) | KING KJ (MALI ) | TAL. B (MALI) | KÔRÈ-YÉLEN (MALI) | ENSEMBLE INSTRUMENTAL DE SÉGOU ( MALI) | MYLMO (MALI)

7-10 February 2019:
The 2019 Sauti za Busara Music Festival, Stone Town, Zanzibar.
With:
BCUC (South Africa) Afrigo Band (Uganda) Mokoomba (Zimbabwe) Fid Q (Tanzania) Mkubwa na Wanawe Crew (Tanzania) Hoba Hoba Spirit (Morocco) Ifrikya Spirit (Algeria) Ithrene (Algeria) Faith Mussa (Malawi) Fadhilee Itulya (Kenya) Tausi Women's Taarab (Zanzibar / Tanzania) Rajab Suleiman & Kithara (Zanzibar / Tanzania) Swahili Encounters (Zanzibar / Various) M'Toro Chamou (Mayotte / Reunion) Sofaz (Reunion) Tune Recreation Committee (South Africa) Jackie Akello (Uganda) Asia Madani (Sudan / Egypt) Wamwiduka Band (Tanzania) Shamsi Music (Kenya) Dago Roots (Reunion) Trio Kazanchis +2 (Ethiopia / Switzerland) Lydol (Cameroon) Damian Soul (Tanzania) S Kide & Wakupeti Band (Tanzania) Stone Town Rockerz (Zanzibar / Tanzania) Man Sulei Tara Jazz (Zanzibar / Tanzania) Eli Maliki (Uganda). and more.


2017
2 Festivals | Latest Update 29 June 2017

29 June - 9 July 2017:
The 10th Festival Assalamalekoum, Nouakchott, Mauritania.
With:

1-5 February 2017:
The 13th Festival sur le Niger, Ségou, Mali.
With:

2016
3 Festivals | Latest Update 4 March 2016

3-7 February 2016:
The 12th Festival sur le Niger, Ségou, Mali.
With:

Cancelled!
The 2016 Sauti za Busara Music Festival, Stone Town, Zanzibar, has been cancelled due to lack of funding.
The 14th edition is scheduled for 9th – 12th February 2017.

5-12 March 2016:
The MASA 2016, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
With:
Zeynab (Bénin), Kunde Blues (Burkina Faso), Les Garagistes (Côte Ivoire), Côrô Ouatt (Côte Ivoire), Spyrow (Côte Ivoire), Ba banga Nyeck (Côte Ivoire), Room Services (Côte Ivoire), Jenifer Solidade (Cap Vert), Kyekyeku (Ghana), African Groove (Guinée Conakry), Naba TT (Mali), Amanar (Mali), Marema (Sénégal), Collectif HHD (Cameroun), Laetitia Zonzonbe (Centrafrique), Nteko (Congo Brazzaville), Nelida Karr (Guinée Equatoriale), Mawndoe (Tchad), Msafiri Zawose (Tanzanie), Mado Jazz Yaka (Afrique du Sud), Mingas (Mozambique), Djmawi Africa (Algérie), Afropolitan Vibes (Nigéria), African United (Maroc), G'ny (Guadeloupe), Thaïs Diarra (Suisse), Senaya (Canada), Ballou Canta (Diaspora – France), Awa Sangho (Diaspora – USA)

27 April - 30 April 2016:
The 11th Festival Rapandar 2016, Saint Louis, Senegal.
With:



2015
3 Festivals | Latest Update 17 February 2015

4-8 February 2015:
The 11th Festival sur le Niger, Ségou, Mali.
With:

12-15 February 2015:
The 2015 Sauti za Busara Music Festival, Stone Town, Zanzibar.
With:
Blitz the Ambassador (Ghana / USA), Alikiba (Tanzania), Octopizzo and band (Kenya), Ihhashi Elimhlophe (South Africa), Tcheka (Cape Verde), Sarabi (Kenya), The Brother Moves On (South Africa), Culture Musical Club (Zanzibar), Ahamada Smis ‘Origines’ Trio (Comoros / France / Zanzibar), Mim Suleiman (Zanzibar / UK), Isabel Novella (Mozambique), Msafiri Zawose (Tanzania), Aline Frazão (Angola), Tsiliva (Madagascar), Leo Mkanyia and the Swahili Blues Band (Tanzania), Mohamed Ilyas & Nyota Zameremeta (Zanzibar), Thaïs Diarra (Senegal / Mali / Switzerland), Liza Kamikazi and band (Rwanda), Erik Aliana (Cameroon), Bonaya Doti (Kenya), Mpamanga (Madagascar), Mgodro Group (Zanzibar), Djmawi Africa (Algeria), Rico Single & Swahili Vibes (Zanzibar), Zee Town Sojaz (Zanzibar), Ifa Band (Tanzania), Mwahiyerani (Tanzania), Tunaweza Band (Tanzania), Mabantu Africa (Tanzania), Cocodo African Music (Tanzania), Kiki Kidumbaki (Zanzibar), DCMA Young Stars (Zanzibar), Capoeira Brazil Zanzibar (Zanzibar), Shirikisho Sanaa Group (Zanzibar), Babawatoto Centre (Tanzania), Swahili Encounters (Zanzibar / Various), and more.

29 April - 2 May 2015:
The 10th Festival Rapandar 2015, Saint Louis, Senegal.
With:



2014
3 Festivals | Latest Update 2 January 2014

5-9 February 2014:
The 10th Festival sur le Niger, Ségou, Mali.
With:
Salif Keita - Mao Otayeck - Cheick Tidiane Seck - Sékouba Bambino - Vieux Farka Touré - Oum - Stelbee - Khaira Arby - Takamba Super Onze de Gao - (TBC) Pibo Marquez - Abdoulaye Diabaté - Kaladjoula Band - Sahel Blues - Mariam Koné - Super Biton de Ségou - Mylmo - Ben Zabo - Uppertunes (Hollande)

13-16 February 2014:
The 2014 Sauti za Busara Music Festival, Stone Town, Zanzibar.
With:
Ebo Taylor (Ghana / Germany), Jupiter & Okwess International (DRC), Jhikoman (Tanzania), Joe Driscoll and Sekou Kouyate (USA / Guinea), The Nile Project (Nile Basin), Noumoucounda Cissoko (Senegal), Oy (Ghana / Switzerland), Ashimba (Tanzania / Finland), Wunmi (Nigeria / UK / USA), Swahili Vibes (Zanzibar), Addis Acoustic Project ft Melaku Belay (Ethiopia), Sona Jobarteh (Gambia / UK), Tarabband (Egypt / Sweden / Iraq), Baladna Taarab (Zanzibar), Majestad Negra (Puerto Rico), HAJAmadagascar and The Groovy People ft. Werner Puntigam (Madagascar / France / Austria), Hoko Roro (Tanzania), Tritonik (Mauritius), Kara Sylla Ka (Senegal / Switzerland), Tausi Women's Taarab (Zanzibar), 7PO (Reunion), Joel Sebunjo ft. Lenna Kuurmaa (Uganda), Seven Survivor (Tanzania), Abantu Mandingo (Tanzania), Segere Original (Tanzania), Dizu Plaatjies & The Ibuyambo Ensemble (South Africa), Street Rat and Body Mind & Soul (Malawi), Moyize (Rwanda), Ricky na Marafiki (Kenya), Rajab Suleiman & Kithara ft. Derya Takkali (Zanzibar / Turkey / Germany), Kazimoto (Tanzania / Germany), Waldemar Bastos (Angola / Portugal) and more

30 April - 3 May 2014:
The 9th Festival Rapandar 2014, Saint Louis, Senegal.
With:
10000 Problèmes (Saint Louis, Senegal), Gunman Xuman (Dakar, Senegal), Awadi (Senegal), Makkan J (Senegal), Juddah (Cameroon), Coolartmc (Senegal), Seydi Mandoza (Senegal), Wageble (Senegal), J'tu (Gabon), Le Grav K (Gabon).

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