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Useful Links

Here is a list of music festivals on the African continent from January to December every year.

January Festival in the Desert (Mali) direct link to Festival in the Desert 
February Festival on the Niger (Mali) direct link to Festival on the Niger 
February Sauti za Busara music festival (Zanzibar) direct link to Sauti za Busara music festival 
March Festival Boulevard (Morocco) direct link to Festival Boulevard 
April Cape Town Jazz Festival (South Africa) direct link to Cape Town Jazz Festival 
April Jazz a Carthage (Tunisia) direct link to Jazz a Carthage 
April – May Harare Int’l Festival of the Arts (Zimbabwe) direct link to Harare Int’l Festival of the Arts 
May Bushfire Festival (Swaziland) direct link to Bushfire Festival 
May Festival Mawazine (Morocco) direct link to Festival Mawazine 
May Saint-Louis Jazz Festival (Senegal) direct link to Saint-Louis Jazz Festival 
June Essaouira Gnaoua Music Festival (Morocco) direct link to Essaouira Gnaoua Music Festival 
June Festival of World Sacred Music (Morocco) direct link to Festival of World Sacred Music 
June – July Grahamstown Festival (South Africa) direct link to Grahamstown Festival 
July Festival Timitar (Morocco) direct link to Festival Timitar 
August Sakifo Musik Festival (La Reunion) direct link to Sakifo Musik Festival 
September Bayimba Festival (Uganda) direct link to Bayimba Festival 
Sept – Oct Pan African Space Station (South Africa) direct link to Pan African Space Station 
October Festival Milatsika (Mayotte) direct link to Festival Milatsika 
October Lake of Stars (Malawi) direct link to Lake of Stars 
October Madajazzcar (Madagascar) direct link to Madajazzcar 
December Fest’Horn (Djibouti)

Here are some other useful African Music related links including festival, African promotion agencies, African music and arts magazines and more.

Event listings African Music Festivals www.busaramusic.org/database/tops.php
Tanzania listing of events www.africa-beat.com
List of festivals & events www.2camels.com
Festival listing www.timbesttravel.com/festivals.asp
Festival listing http://musiques-afrique.com/frames/framemus.html
South Africa festival listing www.southafrica.info/travel/cultural/festivals.htm
Indian Ocean festival listing http://www.iomn.org/
World festival listing http://worldparty.roughguides.com/
     
   
World Music fROOTS www.frootsmag.com
WOMEX www.womex.com
Mondomix www.mondomix.com
Afropop Worldwide www.afropop.org
Songlines Magazine www.songlines.co.uk
Charlie Gillett www.soundoftheworld.com
World Music Charts Europe www.wmce.de
Fly Global Music Culture www.flyglobalmusic.com
Africanhiphop.com www.africanhiphop.com
East Africa Goethe-Institut Tansania www.goethe.de
Alliance Française de Dar es salaam www.ambafrance-tz.org
Darhotwire.com www.darhotwire.com
Zanzibar.net www.zanzibar.net
Michuzi’s Blog
the most popular Swahili blog in the world!
issamichuzi.blogspot.com
Zanzibar International Film Festival www.ziff.or.tz
diaspora African Foundation for Development www.afford-uk.org
African Colours www.africancolours.net
Arterial Network www.arterialnetwork.org
Arts in Africa www.artsinafrica.com
The Africa Guide. www.africaguide.com
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