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Bi Kidude
1,911 listeners
Fatuma binti Baraka (aka Bi.Kidude) is a Zanzibari Taarab singer. She is considered the undisputed queen of Taarab and Unyago music and is also a…
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Culture Musical Club
1,572 listeners
Culture Musical Club began life as part of the youth organization of the Afro Shirazi Party during Zanzibar's struggle for independence back in…
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Ikhwani Safaa Musical Club
1,269 listeners
The Ikhwani Safaa Musical Club was founded in 1905 following the Sultan's intention to create recreational associations on the island. The name…
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Siti Binti Saad
380 listeners
Siti binti Saad (1880 - 1950) was a pioneering artist in the taraab genre of east African music. In an era in which male singers predominated, she…
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Zuhura Swaleh
451 listeners
Zuhura Swaleh is, together with Malika, one of the best-known taarab singers in Kenya. Her sound is made distinctive by the accompaniment on…
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Maulidi Juma
339 listeners
Maulidi Juma was a taarab bandleader from Mombasa, Kenya. Maulidi Musical Party were Mombasa's premier Swahili wedding band. They also played Hindi…
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Zein Musical Party
354 listeners
Zein l'Abdin (1939 - 27 July, 2016) was a Kenyan taarab singer, oud player, multi-instrumentalist, poet, composer and bandleader.
Zein l’Abdin Ahmed…
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Sounds of Taraab
278 listeners
A little over 100 years ago, the Sultan of Zanzibar sent his court musicians abroad to study...They returned, and taraab was born. This genre,…
