Once a year, in the village of Makunduchi, south of Zanzibar, men line up and beat each other with banana stalks.
No one loses. It's how the village clears the past year's grudges.
You hit, you get hit, and by sundown nobody owes anyone anger.
The women circle the field, singing songs that tease the men mercilessly, and then the whole place sits down to eat.
But here's the catch. If you wanted to be there, you'd struggle to find out when it happens, as the date drifts every year with an old Swahili calendar, and half the pages online guess wrong.
That's exactly what we set out to fix.
Africa is packed with festivals, but finding accurate info about them has always been a hassle.
Plus, many festivals shift their dates every year based on things like the moon, harvest, or seasons, making it tricky to plan.
So we built Festivals to make it easy. The go-to spot for the continent's celebrations, whether it’s drumming, crowning kings, harvest thanks, or masked dances.
Just pick a region and a month, and you’re set.
What makes this different?
We keep it real. If a festival’s date changes from year to year, we’ll let you know instead of giving you a fixed date.
Plus, the community (you) helps keep the details updated.
That’s the whole idea: a living guide that’s honest about what you can expect.
Know a festival we are missing? Or when a listed festival has changed dates? Let us know.
Help keep the guide alive.
See you in the crowd,
Mike
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