ZANZIBAR: ZANZIBAR is set to ignite with the 22nd edition of the Sauti za Busara Festival, kicking off today with a ...

[George Orido, Standard] On the fourth day of the 96th Kenya Music Festival, youthful and graceful Taarab performances stood out as primary schools stepped back, making way for secondary schools.

Vanessa Mdee's ex-boyfriend, Juma Jux, married his Nigerian lover Priscilla Ajoke in a flashy traditional wedding. Singers ...

Tanzanian singer and songwriter Zuchu has revealed details of the house she is building for her mother, Khadija Kopa. Taking ...

The sultry singer who stormed the scene with melodious Sugar Sukari under Diamond Platnum’s Wasafi label borrows heavily from her mother Khadija Kopa, the queen of Tanzania’s taarab music.

culture and the transformative power of music. This year’s festival features an array of musical styles, ranging from Afrobeat and traditional African rhythms to Taarab and fusion. In a press briefing ...

DCMA has long been dedicated to preserving and promoting Zanzibar’s unique coastal music traditions, including taarab, kidumbaki, and various local dance forms. Halda Alkanaan, Director of DCMA, ...

Sounds of Other Shores takes an ethnographic ear to the history of transoceanic stylistic appropriation in the Swahili taarab music of the Kenyan coast. SOAS hosts the Pulitzer-finalist Reuters team ...

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On this episode, NPR Music's Stephen Thompson welcomes Robert Moore of Kansas City public radio station 90.9 The Bridge, where Robert hosts the underground rock show Sonic Spectrum. January 31 ...