Hildegard Kiel

Hildegard Kiel spent her childhood in mainland Tanzania and returned to work in Zanzibar in the year
2000. She has a degree in music performance and music therapy and she has worked in music promotion 
and management since 1995 in various organizations in Germany, Austria, Tanzania, Kenia, Egypt 
and Pakistan. 

In 2007 she conducted research on the origins of Zanzibar Taarab music in Egypt on a fulbright 
scholarship. Hildegard Kiel is the founding director of the Dhow Countries Music Academy (DCMA), 
for which she was awarded the BBC World Music Award, Category Movers and Shakers in 2007. 

Hildegard furthermore is a member of the Board of Busara Promotions.