Dates: 1 - 4 September 2011
Jahazi is a non-profit organisation that is dedicated to inspiring youth, learning and education through literature and music.
The festival will consist of discussions, talks, lectures, workshops, seminars and forums designed to stimulate discussion and debate and also to educate people on relevant current issues which effect all of us; globalisation, poverty, health, conservation, conflict, and learning.
It is hoped that the festival will become a forum which will hope promote the notion that literature, music and the media can achieve positive social change.
Alongside the festival we will be running a schools programme, a festival art walk, an architectural and historical walk of the Unesco world heritage site of Stone Town.
To date the following have agreed to attend:
- Vikram Seth - Indian novelist
- Lord Mark Malloch Brown - ex Deputy Director General United Nations
- Haji Gura - Zanzibari poet
- John Baptist da Silva - Zanzibari artist and conservationist
- Tishani Doshi -Indian poet
- Peter Godwin - Zimbabwean writer
- Jackie Kay - English poet of Nigerian origin
- Moses Isegawa - Ugandan writer
- William Fiennes - English writer
- Robert Mccrum - English Jounalist
For four days from 1 – 4 September the town will attract Tanzanian, East African, and international writers who will discuss a wide range of issues such as globalisation, the environment, wildlife, fiction, local culture and history, through a combination of talks, workshops, forums, school visits and literary dinners.
Sunsets and evenings will be taken over by jazz concerts showcasing local and emerging musicians, as well as hosting internationally acclaimed artists and bands.
Contact Information:
For inquiries: info@jahazifestival.com
Website: http://www.jahazifestival.com/