Kijiweni Productions and Big World Cinema are set to release their teaser before its World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) this year. On September 12th 2021, Vuta N’Kuvute (Tug of War) directed by Amil Shivji will have…
Siti and the Band has shared a new single titled ‘Subira’ ahead of the release of the Zanzibari group’s upcoming album. The song fuses genres like taarab, bongo flava, chakacha and zouk, and is overlaid by the vocals of bandleader Siti Amina. She is…
Le IOMMa est le plus important marché des musiques de l’océan Indien. Le marché favorise les échanges, les rencontres et l’émergence d’opportunités entre les artistes et professionnels de l’océan Indien, tout en construisant des ponts vers les acteurs de l’industrie musicale venant…
Zanzibar >> South Africa This project aims to enhance the cultural connection between Zanzibar and South Africa, engaging creative audiences with unique collaborative musical content from both geographical hotspots and empowering fellow musicians and audiences to follow their roots whilst…
Tarab is a popular music genre in Tanzania and some say the heart of it is found on the island of Zanzibar. Siti Amina and her cousin Rahma Ameir grew up loving the music and formed a band alongside their…
By Hortense Volle on 7 juin 2019 / Commentaires fermés sur À la Réunion, pendant le IOMMa : les femmes donnent le la ! La 8ème édition du IOMMa (le Marché des Musiques de l’Océan Indien) s’est achevée hier soir sur l’île de La Réunion. Quatre chanteuses ont…
By Lucy Ilado – Music In Africa Kenya’s Makadem and Tanzania’s Siti and the Band will represent East Africa at the 2019 edition of the Indian Ocean Music Market (IOMMA) in St Pierre, Reunion, from 3 to 6 June. The music market takes place a few days…
Nurturing young artistes has never been an easy task and yet this is exactly what Community studio in Zanzibar has dedicated itself to. The studio which was formed some five years ago aims at grooming Zanzibari’s music with the ultimate…
Musically rich and helpless in portraying pure emotion, Siti and the Band’s ‘Nielewe’ (Understand Me) builds upon the Zanzibari group’s unique blend of traditional taarab with Western and Indian Ocean influences. African societies are yet to fully embrace music as a reasonable…
It was a showing of love to fellow African artistes at Day 3 of Felabration at the New Afrika Shrine by members of the Fela Anikulapo-Kuti family as the former took to the stage to fete them during the 21st…