First Modern Taarab Vibes

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Black Star Musical Club was one of the classic Taarabu bands in Tanga, Tanzania. It was founded in the 1950s, and played a crucial role in establishing the modern Taarab sound.

Taarab is a music genre popular in Tanzania and Kenya. It is influenced by […]

#70smusic #80smusic #Kenya #Taarab #Tanzania #OldAfricanMusic

Taarab from Tanzania and Kenya

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Taarab is a music genre popular in Tanzania and Kenya. Here, the singer is Bi Kidude, the Zanzibari star, the Queen of Taarab (RIP).

Her exact date of birth is unknown, much of her life story is uncorroborated, giving her an almost mythical status.In interviews, she usually answers she’s 100 years old or more… […]

#BiKidude #Taarab #Tanzania #Zanzibar

Bi Kidude – Alalminadura

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“Alalminadura” is the opening song (extract) from the documentary As Old As My Tongue, about Bi Kidude and Taarab music in Zanzibar.

She performs one of her most famous songs on board the dhow Asraa, accompanied by Matona (oud), Abeid Hussein (dumbak) and Mohamed Outhman (violin).

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#BiKidude #Taarab #Tanzania #Zanzibar

I met Bi Kidude, The Venerable Queen of Taarab, in February 2011, when attending Sauti za Busara Festival in Zanzibar. We spent a delightful moment backstage…

She passed away in 2013.
https://amf.didiermary.fr/bi-kidude-rip/

#BiKidude #Taarab #Tanzania #Zanzibar

Siti & The Band – Subira

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Bongo Flava meets Taarab, with Siti & the Band, from Zanzibar, Tanzania that has been together since 2016. Fueled by a mutual interest in traditional Taarab and Afro Fusion like Kidumbaki, Afro Jazz and more. It’s 80’s traditional Taarab with Arab instruments like Oud and Qanun. Zanzibar’s music history has been determined by female voices […]

#Taarab #Tanzania #Zanzibar

WILD/LIFE – Maloto / Dreams

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2 Polish musicians, Piotr Cichocki & Wojciech Kucharczyk, after working on ethnographic research, started experimenting in East Africa by mixing Taarab as well as Bongo Flava or Afropop with Electro, Hip-Hop… from various local artists, on “Maloto / Dreams”.

#Malawi #Rwanda #Taarab #Tanzania #Electro #Rap #HipHop

I Shot Bi Kidude  – Trailer

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I Shot Bi Kidude is a documentary on the Queen of Taarab music, her story, her music and Zanzibar.

“I shot Bi Kidude” – review on IMDb

A life-affirming documentary about an internationally famous Zanzibari singer and her last years. The film revisits the singer Bi Kidude, previously the subject of a documentary about her […]

#BiKidude #Documentary #Taarab #Tanzania #Zanzibar

Culture Musical Club & Bi Kidude – Jua Toka

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Culture Musical Club, Zanzibar’s premier Taarab club, won the Songs For Peace competition at Sauti za Busara 2015.

2 videos with Bi Kidude, live at Afrikafestival Hertme 2009: “On its tours the club regularly features invited guest singers. The summer 2009 included the legendary Bi Kidude, the veteran diva of Zanzibar, who was in her […]

#BiKidude #Taarab #Tanzania #Zanzibar

1/ A l'occasion de la 27e nuit de Ramadhan, pour Leyla ul-qadr, un peu de taarab envoûtant 🌙🎻🎤

https://song.link/fr/i/1621456680

Rukhia Ramadan au chant pour "le don" en swahili (1988)

#Zanzibar #Ramadan #Taarab #Tanzanie #Zanzibara #IkhwaniSafaaMusicalClub 🇹🇿