Busara criticisms lack accuracy
Rachel Hamada Sauti za Busara director Yusuf speaks to the press. Photo: Pernille Baerendtsenread more
View ArticleBeyond the bui-bui
Rachel MacNeill Beyond the bui-bui Conjure up an image of Zanzibar in your mind. Maybe you picture white sand beaches, chaotic markets, lush shamba, or the smell of strong coffee brewing in Jaws...
View ArticleZanzibar anti-drug exhibition visits Dar
Mambo Staff Sober House Zanzibar has organised a three-day art exhibition at the Alliance Francaise in Dar Es Salaam - from 17 to 19 October - to showcase the work of the men and women who are in...
View ArticleEast African shorts represent at festival
Rachel Hamada At the Africa in Motion festival in the UK this week, two East African films were represented in the short film competition. One was this year's Tanzanian/Canadian short Who Killed Me,...
View ArticleFlamingoes in Zanzibar
Sabry Juma One special site off the tourist trail in Zanzibar, and one of my favourite places to visit, is Bwawani pond. This is what is left of the estuarine mouth of the Darajani Creek system, which...
View ArticleNew Bi Kidude film coming
Andy Jones Ten years ago, in February 2003, a team from ScreenStation arrived in Zanzibar to begin work on a documentary film about Zanzibar's most controversial living musician, Fatma Baraka, better...
View ArticleMambo on Tumblr
Rachel Hamada Women at Mwaka Kogwa festival, Makunduchi, Zanzibar (Photo: Rachel Hamada)One of our greatest resources here at Mambo is the stunning collection of photos taken by our contributors -...
View ArticleAfrican photographers' road trip
Joe Were Lake Chala, Tanzania (Photo: Mutua Matheka)OneTouch is a group of Kenyan photographers, writers, filmmakers, artists and adventure travellers who got together in 2010 in a bid to showcase the...
View ArticleAn explosion of assumptions
Amanda Leigh Lichtenstein In the wake of the bombing in Zanzibar on Friday, Amanda Leigh Lichtenstein says that the most radical thing that we can do is stay calm, avoid lazy assumptions and inhabit a...
View Article50 per cent stake in Mambo for sale
Rachel Hamada I'm the founder of Mambo magazine (www.mambomagazine.com), and unfortunately I don't have the time to devote to it that I once did. Therefore I'm offering for sale a 50% stake in Mambo...
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