Taarab is a music genre popular in Tanzania and Kenya. It is influenced by the musical traditions of the African Great Lakes, North Africa, the Middle...
9 KB (936 words) - 08:13, 26 June 2024
Music of Tanzania (section Taarab (poetry))
genres in Tanzania, as defined by BASATA are, ngoma, dansi, kwaya, and taarab, with bongo flava being added in 2001. Singeli has since the mid-2000s been...
56 KB (6,190 words) - 13:08, 9 August 2024
known as Bi Kidude, was a Zanzibari-born Tanzanian Taarab singer. She has been called the "queen of Taarab and Unyago music" and was inspired by Siti binti...
4 KB (224 words) - 15:30, 28 August 2024
binti Saad (c.1880– August 1950) was a pioneering Tanzanian musician in the taarab musical style. Through her music she was also an anti-colonial activist...
27 KB (3,677 words) - 15:32, 28 August 2024
Africans for his work in promoting Africa worldwide Bi Kidude, Taarab singer of Taarab and Unyago music, received WOMEX award in 2005 Faruk Malik, Ugandan...
117 KB (12,026 words) - 17:23, 8 September 2024
derivative of American hip hop and traditional Tanzanian styles such as taarab and dansi. Lyrics are usually in Swahili or English. The name "Bongo" of...
26 KB (2,642 words) - 21:20, 26 August 2024
Singeli is a ngoma music and dance where an MC performs over fast tempo taarab music, often at between 200 and 300 beats per minute (BPM), while women...
3 KB (278 words) - 01:51, 11 May 2024
singeli Artist, reggae/dancehall Song, reggae/dancehall Artist, taarab Song, taarab Artist, hip-hop (male) Artist, hip-hop (female) Dancer Composer Composer...
16 KB (392 words) - 20:37, 2 July 2024
among the Luo, Nzele among the Mijikenda, Mugithi among the Kikuyu, and Taarab among the Swahili. Additionally, Kenya has a growing Christian gospel music...
206 KB (19,933 words) - 23:45, 28 August 2024
polka and mazurka, French folk and pop, sega from Mauritius and Réunion, taarab, zouk, soukous moutya and other pan-African genres, as well as Polynesian...
2 KB (209 words) - 12:08, 22 April 2024
genres in Tanzania, as defined by BASATA are, ngoma, dansi, kwaya, and taarab, with bongo flava being added in 2001. Singeli has since the mid-2000s been...
187 KB (18,181 words) - 07:14, 8 September 2024
Africa and France, and now has a strong Malagasy influence. Zanzibar's taarab music, however, remains the most influential genre on the islands, and a...
2 KB (227 words) - 10:26, 31 July 2024
Matona (a composer, singer, and violinist in the taarab genre). Issa Matona played in the orchestra JKT Taarab, based in Dar es Salaam. Mohamed was born in...
4 KB (471 words) - 16:14, 19 April 2024
Raï Rumba Sakara Sega Seggae Semba Shangaan electro Soukous Kwassa kwassa Taarab Zamrock Zouglou Nunatak (band) Central Asian Shashmaqam Pashto music Kazakh...
26 KB (3,478 words) - 22:34, 5 September 2024
including Zanzibar and Comoros. It is featured in the region's genre of taarab or twarab music. The Zanzibari version is described as "a slightly tapered...
1 KB (145 words) - 20:58, 14 December 2022
musical Swahili Zanzibari family. She is the daughter of the Zanzibari Taarab musician Khadija Kopa. Zuchu's Father, Othman Soud used to be a songwriter...
12 KB (1,015 words) - 05:47, 6 August 2024
polka and mazurka; French folk and pop; sega from Mauritius and Réunion; taarab, soukous and other pan-African genres; and Polynesian, Indian and Arcadian...
91 KB (8,328 words) - 03:54, 26 August 2024
emphasis is being placed on teaching traditional music styles, such as Taarab, Kidumbaki or Ngoma. "In recent years the Music Academy of the Tanzanian...
10 KB (1,316 words) - 21:20, 29 April 2024
performing arts Benga Boomba Genge Kenyan hip hop Lingala Ohangla Soukous Taarab Performing arts Kenya National Theatre Kenya Institute of Puppet Theatre...
64 KB (6,526 words) - 17:40, 7 September 2024
and has over the years provided a stage for local Swahili talent, from Taarab legends like Bi Kidude and Culture Musical Club, to homegrown Tanzanian...
2 KB (192 words) - 08:10, 3 May 2023
2010 Tanzania music awards (section Best Taarab Song)
The 11th edition of the Tanzania Music Awards took place at the Diamond Jubilee Hall in Dar es Salaam, on Friday 14 May 2010. The event was anchored by...
5 KB (475 words) - 04:01, 3 May 2023
afrofusion, mbalax, Congolese rumba, soukous, ndombolo, makossa, kizomba, taarab and others. African music also uses a large variety of instruments from...
41 KB (4,394 words) - 05:29, 30 June 2024
electro Soukous (aka Congo, Lingala or African rumba) Street pop Sungura Taarab Tsapiky Wassoulou music Zimbabwean jazz Zouglou Zouk African traditional...
15 KB (1,453 words) - 12:39, 28 August 2024
Taarab, another type of music style adapted by the coast and mainly performed by women. A very popular coastal tradition, with Arabic poetry, taarab has...
1 KB (140 words) - 10:26, 31 July 2024
Kidumbaki or kidumbak is a Zanzibari musical genre. It is closely related to taarab (with Arab- and Indian-influenced music and singing in Swahili) but it is...
2 KB (190 words) - 12:02, 6 April 2024
were permitted to be recorded or broadcast, which at the time was ngoma, taarab, kwaya and dansi. The Broadcasting Services Act of 1993 allows private broadcast...
33 KB (3,577 words) - 13:14, 24 July 2024
afrofusion, mbalax, Congolese rumba, soukous, ndombolo, makossa, kizomba, taarab and others. African music also uses a large variety of instruments from...
207 KB (21,264 words) - 17:01, 8 September 2024
folk music based on the variety over 50 regional languages. Zanzibaran taarab music has also become popular, as has hip hop, reggae music, soul, soukous...
26 KB (3,114 words) - 01:52, 13 July 2024
as a kitchen apron. The most typical musical genre of Swahili culture is taarab (or tarabu), sung in the Swahili language. Its melodies and orchestration...
11 KB (1,399 words) - 19:02, 12 August 2024
played by bands such as DDC Mlimani Park Orchestra and Malaika Musical Band. Taarab, which was traditionally popular in Zanzibar has also found a niche. However...
75 KB (7,006 words) - 01:32, 29 August 2024