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.

THE Tanzania Music Awards (TMAs) 2024: Tanzania’s grand music night—a local Grammys, but with a lot more rhythm, dancing and ...

However, it was the allure of Taarab dancers’ moves and the song that President William Ruto and the dignitaries sitting at the pavilion could not resist. Dressed in the deceptive dera ...

The dance traces its roots to the Tanzanian port city of Tanga. Sometimes mistaken to be some sort of modern taarab, the suggestive dance, which dominates nightlife in Tanzania’s financial hub ...

romantic melodies with an urban beat influenced by traditional taarab music from the East African coast. "Diamond Platnumz is very hard working and has great showmanship," says DJ Edu, who hosts ...