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Resurrecting East Africa’s Biggest Festival: Sauti za Busara 2017

Posted by Setumo Thebe Photography on May 3, 2017
Posted in: Advocacy, Content Partnerships.

East Africa’s biggest festival is family friendly and often sees young and old revelling to the sounds of Africa and the diaspora’s best musical offerings.

The Sauti za Busara Festival, held annually in Zanzibar, is regarded as east Africa’s biggest festival. But funding challenges meant that the festival had to skip a leg in 2016 in order to restructure and regroup. In 2017, festival director Yusuf Mahmoud brought Sauti za Busara back with a whole lot more fire power. I spoke to Mahmoud about Sauti’s future for Music In Africa. Follow this link below to read the full feature:

Resurrecting East Africa’s Biggest Festival by Setumo-Thebe Mohlomi

Debauchery Marathon: Red Bull Music Weekender

Posted by Setumo Thebe Photography on April 19, 2017
Posted in: Content Partnerships.

A dancer attempts the “head top” during the Admiral and Jah Seed show during the Red Bull Music Academy Weekender in Johannesburg 2016.

The global Red Bull Music Weekender made a stop in Johannesburg at the tail end of 2016. Without careful consideration, I decided to cover the four-day festival with my longtime collaborator Themba Vilakazi. The line-up included Fat Freddy’s Drop, Admiral and Jahseed, Moonchild Sanelly, Stilo Magolide, Ricky Rick and Black coffee. What resulted was a feature in Afripop Magazine and a kidney dehydrated to the size of a raisin. Follow this link to read the full feature:

Caffeine Calamity by Setumo-Thebe Mohlomi