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Friday, August 27th 2010
27 August 2010. The Zimbabwe Society of Tanzania in conjunction with Bohemia presents Oliver Mtukudzi & the Black Spirits performing live at the Movenpick Royal Palm hotel. Supported by local acts Carola Kinasha and Ashimba, Mtukudzi's sound is a mixture of South African township pop, R&B and Shona. All proceeds from the concert go to Aids Business Coalition Tanzania (ABCT) sponsored projects. Tickets are available from Movenpick hotel, Novel Ideal bookshops, the Living Room Furniture shop and Alliance Francaise. 20.00-12.00 Alliance Française, Dar es Salaam, tel. +255 (22) 2131 406. www.ambafrance-tz.org more
Metamorphosis and Eternity of the Little Prince
Sunday, August 1st 2010
1-30 August 2010. An exhibition on the Metamorphosis and Eternity of the Little Prince accompanies the launch of the first translation into Swahili of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s 1943 cult novella Le Petit Prince. “Mwana Mdogo Wa Mfalme”, curated and edited by Walter Bogya, has been made possible thanks to funds from the French ministry of foreign and European affairs. The book has already been translated into over 180 languages, including several African languages. more
Donald Kachamba’s Kwela Heritage Jazzband
Saturday, July 24th 2010
24 July 2010. This concert by the Kwela Heritage Jazzband features the so-called “New African Art Music”, which consists of original compositions based on blues. The Kwela Heritage Jazzband was founded in 2001 by the late Donald Kachamba and has developed a new form of jazz which mixes different elements of African music. The band is composed of Sinosi Mlendo (flute, guitar and vocals), Moya A. Malamusi (traditional string bass, musical bow and guitar), Christopher Gerald (guitar, rattle and vocal) and Gerhard Kubik (clarinet, guitar and vocals), who is also a researcher in the field of African musical traditions. Concert starts at 19.30. more
Isack Peter Abeneko and Shabani Rachidi dance preview
Friday, July 23rd 2010
23 July 2010. The Goethe-Institut presents the preview of Must be Red or White In or Out?, a contemporary dance piece choreographed by Isack Peter Abeneko and Shabani Rashidi of the Dar es Salaam-based Lumumba Theatre Group. 19.00. more
Monday, July 5th 2010
5-9 July 2010. The Goethe-Institut in Dar es Salaam presents a series of films on Africa, largely by African directors and producers. The line-up includes Memories of a Burning Tree (Tanzania/Netherlands/Singapore/Malaysia) by Sherman Ong (5 July); Imani (Uganda/Sweden) by Caroline Kamya (6 July); Congo in Four Acts (Congo/English documentary) by Dieudo Hamadi, Divita Wa Lusala, Patrick Ken Kalala and Kiripi Katembo Siku (7 July); Santos (South Africa) by Rupinder Jagdev (8 July); Soul Boy (Kenya, short film) by Hawa Essuman (8 July); and tranzania.living.room (Tanzania/Germany, documentary) by Uli Schueppel (9 July). For details and times see the Goethe-Institut website. more
Children’s concert in Zanzibar
Friday, July 16th 2010
16 July 2010. Free children’s concert organised by the Dhow Countries Music Academy. more
Dhow Countries Music Academy open workshops
Monday, July 5th 2010
5-8 July 2010. The Dhow Countries Music Academy (DCMA) in partnershop with the Austrian Windhund collective plays host to a series of open music workshops. All welcome. The DCMA in Zanzibar is a leading centre for traditional music education in east Africa. more
Smoked Art exhibition at the Alliance Française
Thursday, July 8th 2010
8-31 July 2010. Belgian artist Pierre Mertens has coordinated this itinerant exhibition presenting work by artists in Belgium, Ethiopia and Tanzania. The participants have been asked to create works inspired by the front page of newspapers from their respective countries. Opening 8 July at 18.30. Entrance free. more
Le Petit Prince in Kiswahili book launch
Monday, July 5th 2010
5 July 2010. Mwana Mdogo wa Mfalme is the title of the first ever Kiswahili translation of French aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s famous novel Le Petit Prince, which has charmed children and adults alike since it first appeared in 1943. The book, published by Mkuki na Nyota Publishers with the support of the French embassy, will be presented at the Alliance Française starting at 18.00. more
Sunday, June 20th 2010
20-21 June 2010. The Alliance Française in Dar es Salaam is promoting two events to mark World Music Day, or Tamasha la muziki in Kiswahili, on 21 June. The first is a free performance on 20 June by traditional and contemporary Tanzanian musicians including Stone Mayasika / Ndombolo, Segere, Amani Ensemble, Ten Family Group, Lumumba Theatre Group, Machifu Band and Makonde Women Group at Makumbusho Village Museum from 16.00-21.00. The second, on 21 June, is a musical aperitif on the terrace of the Alliance Française from 17.00 19.00, with Leo Mkanyia and Swahili blues, Junior and Kalunde Band and Mzungu Kichaa and others. World Music Day began life in France as the Fête de la Musique in 1982 and is now celebrated in countries all over the world. more