some of
the best international music festivals
are held annually in african countries
from mali to morocco zanzibar to
zimbabwe
planning a visit around one of these
annual festivals
is a wonderful way to immerse yourself
in the local culture
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video we'll present
the top 10 most popular african music
festivals
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vic falls carnival victoria falls
zimbabwe the vic falls carnival is
dubbed as the largest
cultural infusion of southern african
talent it's a three-day festival that
takes place on the 29th
to the 31st of december at the victoria
falls in zimbabwe
gathering a crowd of around 1 500 people
it features music artists from zimbabwe
zambia south africa botswana
mozambique and namibia and attendees can
do
adventure activities such as bungee
jumping sunset river cruises
and white water rafting from the vic
falls adventure zone
and wild horizons number nine
festival mawazin rabbat morocco
festival mawazin is morocco's biggest
music festival that takes place annually
in rabbat morocco and features big
international and
local music artists the festival is a
morocc
cultures association initiative that
launched in june 2001
and has happened every 29th of june
since attracting a crowd of around
2 000 revellers the aim of the festival
is part of morocco's tourism campaign
of bringing together audiences of
diverse backgrounds around the world
through music and culture
number eight bushfire festival
swaziland a well-established music
festival in africa
based in swaziland's capital it hosts an
impressive mix of both
local and international acts the
three-day festival runs annually between
the 30th of may
and the 1st of june and attracts a crowd
of around
3 000 people and one of the extra
special things about this music festival
is that all of the funds made go
directly back into the local community
development
projects number seven
suti zabusara festival stone town
zanzibar tanzania this festival is east
africa's second biggest music festival
the setting is in the fantastically
atmospheric stone town on zanzibar
island
and it plays host to the african
musicians from all
over the continent each and every year
the festival is spread out across the
city's numerous historical buildings
and ancient amphitheaters and gathers a
crowd at around
4 000 attendees between the 12th
and the 13th of february each year in
addition to music
the festival also hosts a number of
fringe events including
dal racing fashion shows and after party
events
number six festival audi
mali timbuktu mali
this is one of the very adventurous
festivals in africa
timbuktu is a site to behold in itself
so the fact that this music festival is
held on the sand dunes
overlooking this wonder provides a
perfect backdrop
for three days of award-winning malian
musicians
and international performers stressing
their stuff
in the heart of the sahara held annually
every january and attracting a crowd of
around 5
000 people you can expect to share your
dance floor with camels
and desert nomads
number 5 celebration nigeria
celebration is an annual music festival
conceived in 1998
by yeni anikulapokuti in memory and
celebration of her father
felakuti a nigerian musician and human
rights activist
known for pioneering the afrobeat genre
of music
the one week long event which is held
annually in the month of october
at the new africa shine in aikeja
attracts around
6 000 visitors from different countries
and has thus been considered as an
official tourist destination
by the lagos state government
number four lake of stars festival
malawi lake stars festival
is an annual three-day international
festival held on the shores of lake
malawi the third largest lake in africa
the festival attracts over 7 000
attendees between
25th and the 27th of september each year
with different musical artists mainly
from africa and europe
lake of stars festival is widely
referenced as being one of the most
important festivals of the year and has
been known to have the most beautiful
festival location
in the world
number three afrotella
ghana this african festival is designed
to highlight and
elevate thrilling and thriving
millennial talent
from and within africa hosted at the
sports stadium
alwac stadium accra ghana from december
27th
to the 3rd of january with a crowd of
over 9
000 attendees the day features a festive
celebration of african culture in the
form of arts and fashion installations
live painting the best of african
cuisine and live
performance number two
nyeganyega festival uganda
nieger niege is a collective music
festival in kampala
uganda that promotes outsider music
primarily electronic by african artists
it was founded in 2013 by expats
alien dil sizian and derrick debrew
and happens every 3rd to the 6th of
december
since then attracting crowds of nearly
11 000 people
in addition to organizing ongoing
parties and an artist's residency
the collective runs two record labels
and the multi-day
annual festival and the hottest african
music festival
goes to cape town international
jazz festival cape town south africa
dubbed as one of africa's grandest
gathering
the cape town international jazz
festival is the largest music
event in sub-saharan africa it takes
place each year
on the last weekend of march or the
first weekend of
april at the cape town international
convention center
gathering in attendance of around 35
000 individuals the festival is a
two-day music extravaganza
which features south african and
international artists on the festival's
five stages
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