ZIFF is East Africa’s largest film, music and arts festival, bringing new talents together from all over the world for a Zanzibar Tamasha! Film - Each year, some of the most captivating and cutting-edge cinema from Africa and beyond is screened in venues across the island. From world-premiers to local shorts, they have it all, with a long […]
The Festival takes place on the 19th of July each year. The event is marked by cultural dances, road shows, Taarab Performances, exhibitions, art and craft and the likes. Drawing participants from many countries such as Mozambique, Kenya, Comoro, Germany, China and India. The Zanzibar Cultural Festival has become very popular in Sub Saharan Africa.
Mwaka Kogwa or Mwaka Koga ("show of the year") celebrations, of Shirazi heritage, take place in July/August in the village of Makunduchi in the South of the island. It celebrates the Persian (Shirazi) New Year. In Mwaka Kogwa, a ritual battle is fought, at the end of which a hut is burned. Then, predictions are […]