I-Eco-town yaseZanzibar entsha yokuthuthukisa i-Fumba Town – iphrojekthi kanjiniyela i-CPS – ihlangana neSauti za Busara futhi iba umxhasi omkhulu wefestiveli yomculo yamazwe ngamazwe evelele kakhulu e-East Africa e-Zanzibar.
"I-Busara Promotions iyajabula ukumemezela ukuthi izindleko zayo zokusebenza ezibalulekile zeminyaka emithathu ezayo zizokhokhwa kakhulu yi-CPS, futhi ngalokho, iFumba Town isiba umlingani nomxhasi omkhulu wefestiveli." UYusuf Mahmoud, oyi-CEO kanye noMqondisi weFestival yeSauti za Busara, umemezele izolo.
Wengeze ngokuthi iSauti za Busara ngeke yenzeke ngaphandle kozakwethu nabaxhasi abanjengoCPS, okuyinkampani ethuthukisa iFumba Town. Lokhu kubambisana okusha okuqinile kuzoqinisekisa ukuthi uMkhosi odume umhlaba wonke uzoqhubeka nohambo lwawo futhi uqhubeke nokuheha izinkulungwane zezivakashi eZanzibar. Ihhovisi Lenxusa LaseNorway phambilini beliwusekela lo Mkhosi kusukela ngo-2009 kwaze kwaba nguNdasa wezi-2022. Ngesikhathi lokhu kanye nabanye abaxhasi behoxa ngasekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, i-African Festival ehlonishwa kakhulu yayisengozini yokunqanyulwa.
Lo Mkhosi ozayo kuzoba wuhlelo lweSauti za Busara Lweminyaka engama-20. Ngaphandle kuka-2016, umcimbi womculo obanjelwe e-Old Fort yomlando e-Stone Town evikelwe yi-UNESCO awukaze wehluleke ukubanjwa, ngisho nangeminyaka emibili yenhlekelele ye-coronavirus. Iheha izivakashi ezingafika ku-20,000 ezinsukwini ezintathu kuya kwezine - okuyisikhuthazo esikhulu kwezokuvakasha eZanzibar amashumi amabili eminyaka. "Umkhosi ube yingxenye ebalulekile yesiko laseZanzibar", kusho uTobias Dietzold, Isikhulu Esiyinhloko Sezohwebo se-CPS: "Uhlanganisa ndawonye abantu abavela kuzo zonke izigaba zokuphila, ukhuthaza imiphakathi eqinile, enokuthula futhi eqinile." U-Dietzold wengeze wathi: “Yilokhu esikumelayo eFumba Town naseCPS, ngakho-ke sibonga kakhulu ngokukwazi ukufaka isandla ngengxenye yethu. Izinkampani ezizimele kumele zizibophezele ekusekeleni izinhlelo ezifana nalezi.”
Phakathi kwezenzo eziningi ezimibalabala nezihlukene ezenziwa eBusara eminyakeni yakamuva kukhona uSampa The Great (Zambia), Nneka (Nigeria), BCUC (Ningizimu Afrika) kanye noBlitz Inxusa (Ghana/USA). Ngaphansi kokuqondisa okugqugquzelayo komqondisi wefestiveli nomthandi womculo uYusuf Mahmoud, uMkhosi ugxile kwabajabulisa abantu besifazane kanye nabalingisi abasha nabazayo. Isiqhingi saseZanzibar esigcwele abantu abaningi sinokuxhumana okuqinile kwamasiko. Kunesisho esithi: “Uma kudlala umtshingo eZanzibar, i-Afrika yonke iyasina.
Amagugu ahlukahlukene amasiko
“Sizibophezele ekugcineni umkhosi weSauti za Busara uqinile futhi unamandla eminyakeni embalwa ezayo njengoba sijabulela amagugu ethu anothile nahlukene ngomculo obukhoma,” kugcizelela umqondisi we-CPS u-Dietzold.
“Ngalolu budlelwano, sifuna ukuqinisekisa ukuthi, okungenani, imikhosi emithathu ezayo yeBusara kanye namasiko azungezile aqhubeke ethuthuka. Ngaphezu kwalokho, sifuna ukwakha ubudlelwano besikhathi eside nabahleli,” wengeza.
Ungqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha: “Isipiliyoni esingasoze salibaleka.”
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha namaGugu waseZanzibar, uNom. USimai Mohammed Said ubonge bobabili iSauti za Busara kanye neFumba Town ngokuhlangana ndawonye ukuxhasa ukukhula kwezokuvakasha eziqhingini.
“Umkhosi, kule minyaka engu-20 edlule, ube ngenye yezinto eziheha izivakashi ekhalendeni lethu lemicimbi yaminyaka yonke. Sinxusa zonke izinhlaka zikahulumeni nabaholi, amabhizinisi, abaxhasi abazimele nabamabhizinisi ukuba balandele isibonelo esihle se-CPS sokutshala izimali emigubhweni yobuciko namagugu ethu, enikeza ulwazi oluyingqayizivele nelungasoze lwalibaleka kubavakashi besifunda,” kuphawula uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha. “
ISauti za Busara – Umkhosi ophoqa kakhulu womculo namasiko waseTanzania, uhlanganisa izinkulungwane zabathandi nabaculi abavela e-Afrika yonkana nasemhlabeni wonke ukubungaza ukunotha nokwehlukahlukana komculo namagugu ase-Afrika. Umkhosi udlalwa ngoFebhuwari minyaka yonke futhi uhlelwa yiBusara Promotions, inhlangano engekho ngaphansi kukahulumeni (NGO). Ikleliswe phezulu emicimbini yomculo wase-Afrika, okuhlanganisa iFestival eDesert eMali, okwadingeka ukuthi imiswe ngenxa yezinxushunxushu zezombusazwe, iMTN Bushfire Festival eSwatini kanye neCape Town International Jazz Festival eNingizimu Afrika.
Uhlelo lwe-Sauti za Busara lokuqeda iminyaka engu-20 luzokwenzeka kusukela mhla ziyi-10 kuya zingama-12 kuNhlolanja wezi-2023. Indikimba yayo ithi, Tofauti Zetu, Utajiri Wetu (Diversity is Our Wealth), le Festival izofinyelela izihlwele ezihlukene futhi izocula bukhoma nomculo. Zanzibar, Tanzania, DRC, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Mayotte and Reunion. Ivamise ukufakwa phakathi kwezinkundla zokucobelelana ngolwazi, izinkundla zokuxhumana kanye nemicimbi yamasiko kulo lonke elaseStone Town.
