Keeping culture alive through performance arts

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Going to primary school in Dar in the 1990s had a lot of joys. The regional sporting events; children book fairs that on top of giving many free and interesting books, awarded pupils who demonstrated most outstanding literacy skills...

Dear Artists,
We would like to invite you (individual artist/groups) to apply for the participation and performance in the 33th Bagamoyo International Festival of Arts and Culture which will take place at the institute (TaSUBa - Bagamoyo) from 22 - 28 September 2014.

The aim of this festival is to support and expose activities of the artists, encourage cooperation and friendship of both local and international artists, promote mutual cultural exchange, share experiences 
and give the...