And when I mentioned that I was heading for Kenya to find out what Taarab means there, Zanzibaris were united in telling me that I would find nothing to rival their own productions. Once in ...

Utamaduni wa muziki wa mwambao -taarab-, ambao ulikuwa ukichanua nchini Burundi umetoweka kwa zaidi ya miaka 20 sasa. Lakini vizazi vipya vimeamka na kusema kutoweka kwa taarabu ni kutokomeza ...

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.

Maryam anasema hakuweza kujifunza kupiga chombo hicho cha taarab akiwa mtoto kwa sababu ya masharti ya utamaduni, lakini sasa anasaidia kuwafundisha wanawake wengine kupiga muziki huo BBC ...

Deputy Commercial Manager at Spedag Interfreight Kenya Limited, Magdalene Nyale, Systems Software Engineer at TransAtlantic Trading Company, Mwanamkuu Mohammed, United Arab Emirates, Linah Omotto ...