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Destination Festivals: Tanzania’s Ongala Music Festival – “the festival of conscience”
The second annual Ongala Music Festival took place on August 23 to 25 in Bagamoyo, Tanzania. The festival named after Tanzanian musician Remmy Ongala highlights musical...
Arts, Culture and Sport4 years ago
Destination Festivals: Bayimba International Festival of the Arts in Uganda
Uganda boasts of a thriving music scene, and the multidisciplinary Bayimba International Festival of the Arts recently held in Lunkulu Island serves to bolster the various...

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This is Africa

Gregg Mwendwa

Stories By Gregg Mwendwa

Destination Festivals: Tanzania’s Ongala Music Festival – “the festival of conscience”

Destination Festivals: Bayimba International Festival of the Arts in Uganda

#ZimbabweLitMonth: Where the Heart is (2022)

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