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鈥檚 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鈥檚 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鈥檚 traditional taraab music, partly by returning to a purely acoustic sound.
(Photo: Karyna Gomes and her band)
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Rajab Suleiman: Zanzibari kanun virtuoso
Duration: 03:22
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A joyful noise from Malawi
Duration: 05:45
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A love song to Somaliland
Duration: 04:06
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Karyna Gomes from Guinea Bissau
Duration: 04:30
Music Played
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Karyna Gomes
Amor Livre
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Karyna Gomes
N'Na Nega Bedju
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Karyna Gomes
Djiu Di Galinha
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Roland Tchakount茅
Men Nyangtsu
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Madalitso Band
Fungo La Nyemba
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Madalitso Band
Wasalala
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Sahra Halgan
Somaliland
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