Mohamed Issa Haji 'Matona'

Mohamed Issa Haji 'Matona (born 1969) is a Zanzibarian musician.

He is a founder and the artistic director of Zanzibar's Dhow Countries Music Academy.

[1] Mohamed is the son of the renowned Tanzanian musician Issa Matona (a composer, singer, and violinist in the taarab genre).

[2] Issa Matona played in the orchestra JKT Taarab, based in Dar es Salaam.

[5] In 2001, in association with Joseph Castico, Zanzibar's one-time director of the ministry of Information, Culture and Sports, Mohamed founded the Dhow Countries Music Academy,[6] working initially as treasurer before becoming director.