Will Ross reports from Zanzibar and Mombasa on how traditional Taarab music is responding to the challenge of new influences. In the 1930's the great Taarab singer, Siti Bint Saad, was a prized ...

DAR ES SALAAM: THE National Arts Council (BASATA) has commended the Tanzania Taarab Music Association for its dedicated ...

When Zanzibar-born Taarab icon Fatuma binti Baraka alias Bi Kidude passed on at a golden age of 102 in April 2013, all eyes were on the genre’s rising stars, emblems of the music’s future.

Charlene Ruto attended an event in Kilifi where she was captured dancing her heart out with the university students, leaving ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Taarab icon Bi Kidude. [Courtesy] There was Taarab, and now there is Rusha Roho Taarab ...

A perfect welcome to Dar! Modern Taarab: A Bollywood Moment in Dar Night two brought us to a performance by East African Melody, one of the leading groups in modern taarab. Unlike the 12-piece ...