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Sauti za Busara

Rita Ray presents the second of two programmes of stunning highlights from the Sauti za Busara festival in Zanzibar.

The second of two programmes featuring African artists performing at this year’s Sauti Za Busara festival, this edition of Global Beats is an acoustic treat.

We asked some of our favourites to record songs especially for us in the idyllic setting of Zanzibar’s Stonetown.

They include Karyna Gomes from Guinea Bissau, who has a voice as seductive and free flowing as liquid honey; Bluesman Roland Tchakounte from Cameroon who is spine-tingling in this stripped back incarnation; and Rajab Suleiman, a kanun player from Zanzibar who is refreshing the island’s traditional taraab music, partly by returning to a purely acoustic sound.

(Photo: Karyna Gomes and her band)

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50 minutes

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Sun 19 Mar 2017 20:06GMT
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Music Played

  • Karyna Gomes

    Amor Livre

  • Karyna Gomes

    N'Na Nega Bedju

  • Karyna Gomes

    Djiu Di Galinha

  • Roland TchakountΓ©

    Men Nyangtsu

  • Madalitso Band

    Fungo La Nyemba

  • Madalitso Band

    Wasalala

  • Sahra Halgan

    Somaliland

Broadcasts

  • Sat 18 Mar 2017 14:06GMT
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service except News Internet
  • Sun 19 Mar 2017 20:06GMT
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service except News Internet

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