Dynamic Africa
Formerly, "This is Africa/fyeahAfrica".
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Women’s Hair Dressing in Zanzibar, Tanzania.
Late 19th century.
*Happy belated Independence day to Tanzania! (April 29th, 1961)
In 1954, Julius Nyerere, a school teacher who was then one of only two Tanganyikans educated to university level, organized a political party—the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU). On December 9, 1961, Tanganika became an autonomous Commonwealth realm, and Nyerere became Prime Minister, under a new constitution. On December 9, 1962, a republican constitution was implemented with Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere as Tanganyika’s first president.
Zanzibar received its independence from the United Kingdom on December 10, 1963, as a constitutional monarchy under the Sultan. On January 12, 1964, the African majority revolted against the sultan and a new government was formed with the ASP leader, Abeid Karume, as President of Zanzibar and Chairman of the Revolutionary Council.
*correction! not independence, but merger day with Zanzibar.
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Bi Kidude - Alaminadura
Off to Sauti Za Busara!
RIP to legendary Tanzanian Taarab singer Fatma binti Baraka, popularly known as Bi Kidude, who passed away on April 17th, 2013, at her home on the island of Zanzibar. She is believed to have surpassed 100 years of age.
As a child, she was singled out for her fine voice and, in the 1920s, sang locally with popular cultural troupes, combining an understanding of music with an equally important initiation into traditional medicine.
At age 13, after a forced marriage she fled Zanzibar to mainland Tanzania. Bi Kidude toured mainland East Africa with a taarab ensemble, visiting the major coastal towns and inland as far west as Lake Victoria and Tanganyika.
She walked the length and the breadth of the country barefoot in the early 1930s fleeing another unhappy marriage. In the 1930s she ended up in Dar es Salaam where she sang with Egyptian Taarab group for many years. In the 1940s she returned to Zanzibar where she acquired a small mud hut to be her home.
She is known for her role in the Unyago movement which prepares young Swahili women for their transition through puberty. She is one of the experts of this ancient ritual, performed only to teenage girls, which uses traditional rhythms to teach women to pleasure their husbands, while lecturing against the dangers of sexual abuse and oppression.
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Jonah: A Story of Legend, Friendship and Survival
Jonah is a short by Kibwe Tavares. It is set in Zanzibar and looks at the effects tourism can have on a country from an economic and environmental perspective. Mbwana and his best friend Juma are men with big dreams. Dreams that become a reality when they photograph “the world’s biggest jumping fish” leaping out of the sea.
Their tiny town soon blossoms into a tourist hot-spot as a result. But for Mbwana, the reality isn’t what he dreamed – when he meets the fish again, both of them forgotten, ruined and old, he decides only one of them can survive.
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“Jonah directed by Kibwe Tavares—one of the collective and director of Robots of Brixton—for which the trailer’s recently been released. Tavares describes the film as a “Live action/animation mash up, almost like a collage, the CGI is photo real but how we use it becomes increasing magical as we progress through the film.”
The film is set in Zanzibar and looks at the effects tourism can have on a country from an economic and environmental perspective. These themes are explored through the narrative of a friendship between two guys and “the world’s biggest jumping fish.” The trailer teases a little of the detailed and richly realised CGI, and you can see more of how intricate the visuals will be from the images below.”
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ZANZIBAR COAST by jack metthey on Flickr.
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The Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF), sponsored by the east African service provider, Zuku, is now open to film submissions from all African countries, the African Diaspora and the Dhow Countries’ region, consisting of South East Asia, the Arabian Peninsula, The Persian Gulf, Iran, Pakistan, and the Indian Ocean Islands.
ZIFF is only accepting films produced after 2009 and will also accept works in progress; however they must be completed no later than 15 May 2013.
The festival has announced that they will give priority to films that depict the festival’s theme - Global Images Meet in Zanzibar, which conveys the idea of merging realities in a global village, cultural encounter, engagement and exchange. Films in any genre – features, documentaries, short films, animation and music videos are welcome.
Submission deadline is 30 March 2013 and completed entries must include:
- Press kit including technical and artistic data, synopsis in English, photographs, posters, press articles, etc.
- 2 DVDs of the film for selection + jury purposes
- Bio-data of the director
Submissions should be sent to:
Zanzibar International Film Festival
Att: CEO / Festival Director, Prof Ikaweba Bunting
“OLD FORT” Ngome Kongwe
P.O. BOX 3032, ZANZIBAR, TANZANIA
Tel: (255) 773 411 499
Fax: (255) 777 419 955
Email: filmdept@ziff.or.tz
Please include synopsis, photographs, director’s bio-data and 2 DVDs.
For more information, visit http://www.ziff.or.tz/
View of the Neighborhood of Funguni on Zanzibar from the Water
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Market in Zanzibar
