Uganda, Feb. 17 -- World Jazz fusion music crooner Brian Aliddeki may have been the sole Ugandan artist at last weekend's Sauti za Busara Festival, but he left a lasting impression at the Annual Zanzibar event.

The event commenced last Friday before concluding on February 11. Accompanying Aliddeki at this year's Festival were three Ugandan instrumentalists: Peter Omega, playing the acoustic and electric guitars in addition to dancing; Elisha Kwizera, handling the bass guitar and providing backing vocals; as well as Benedict Okiror Emmanuel, playing the full western set of drums and percussions.

Under the theme Moving Diversity, this year's festival, like its past editions, took place within the ancient walls of the Old Fort, a Unesco-li...