Welcome to Swahili Coast

Dear Readers,
Welcome to Swahili Coast 42!

Happy New year! 2010 promises to be an exiting year for Zanzibar, startingwith the seventh annual Sauti za Busara music festival. With an incredible line up due to take to the stage in Fubruary, the four day culture extraveganza of music, theatre and dance will once agin showcase the very best of Swahili music and artistic traditions from the past, present and future. Checkout this link for more information.

Also in this edition we discuss Maasai medicine and how the Osero Forest Clinic and Africa Living Spa are bringing traditional healing to wider audience at Gibbs Farm in Karatu. Delve into Zanzibar's dhow culture, with our feature on the famous Swahili "sewn boats", and join us as we explore Mafia Island, a diving delight and beauty beach break.

For the history buffs, we chronicle two Zanzibar relics: the Bububu Railway in Now and Then, and the run down building near Tunguu that was once a vital part of the United States space program.

As always, there is out section of maps, listings and phone  numbers with everything you might need during your stay in Tanzania.

Karibuni,

Swahili Coast Team.