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The “Grand old woman of Taarab”, Bi Kidude (created: Fatuma Bintibaraka) had a significant influence on the music and culture of Zanzibar. Performing in Arabic and Swahili, Kidude affected the advancement of taarab, a music design that started in Egypt and generally followed by fiddles, flutes, drums and rattles. Kidude …

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