Friday 28 February 2014

Makangale snaps

portrait Madga at Kervan Saray, Pemba

close-up crayfish on Makangale beach walk, Pemba

Sunday 16 February 2014

Sauti za Busara 2014 - main stage

HAJAmadagascar and The Groovy People (Friday)

Jupiter & Okwess International Band (Friday)

Noumoucounda Cissoko (Friday)

Swahili Encounters Group (Saturday)

Alsarah sings with The Nile Project (Saturday)

Thursday 13 February 2014

Sauti za Busara 2014 - preamble

Programme booklet, now pocket size
A woman's decorated hand playing the oud - Tausi at Serena
Maulid ya Homu ya Mtendeni at Palace Museum
Tausi Women's Taarab have "open house" for their final rehearsal
Festival parade - on route to the Old Fort

Sunday 2 February 2014

Close-ups on Kizimkazi shoreline, Zanzibar

A live cowrie shell makes its way across the beach

a baby ray lying on the beach (approx 20cm across)

coral exposed at low tide

a SEVEN pointed star fish

a common FIVE pointed star fish in shallow water