These veterans retained Taarab’s signature tune, melody, and songcraft, as it were since the Sultan of Zanzibar ... groups were rivaled by Culture Music Club and Lucky Star Music Club.
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.