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

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 ...

Our Afropop travelers have arrived in Tanzania ... modern taarab takes a stripped-down approach--keyboard, drum machine, bass, and a rotating lineup of dynamic vocalists. The music, a fusion ...

Tanzanian singer and songwriter Zuchu has ... as well as a Lifetime Achievement Award for her role in shaping taarab music. The mother of four recently revealed that she desires to get a soulmate ...

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 ...