Zanzibar Music: Fight to preserve traditional sounds of Taarab
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Zanzibar Music: Fight to preserve traditional sounds of Taarab
Taarab is the traditional music of Zanzibar but it almost disappeared. Iolo ap Dafydd reports on how the island's only music academy is trying to preserve its unique sound, and how technology seems to be hitting the right note. Subscribe: http://trt.world/subscribe Livestream: http://trt.world/ytlive Facebook: http://trt.world/facebook Twitter ...
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