Kenya's Onyi Papa Jay was largely unknown to ... It will generally be a night when taarab-bongo takes on Ohangla, but music lovers who prefer something different will also have their appetite ...

In the glittering timeline of East African music, few bands shine as brightly as Les Wanyika—the group whose hits like “Sina ...

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 ...

Bi Kidude, the last of the golden breed, died in 2013, and a year later Kenya’s Taarab maestro Muhammad Khamis Juma Bhalo followed in Kibokoni, Mombasa after three decades at the helm ...

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 ...

He's part of a revival of taarab, a traditional form of music that dates to the 1880s. At the time, the island was governed by the sultan of Oman, who brought a taarab ensemble from the Middle ...

(CNN)-- Mohammed Issa Matona is a man on a mission. A master of taarab music, Matona is also the co-founder of Zanzibar's Dhow Countries Music Academy, a school dedicated to preserving the island ...

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 ...