Muziki wa Taarab, kama moja ya aina ya muziki ya Waswahili una historia ndefu. Tangu mwanzo wa karne ya ishirini Taarab imekuwa maarufu kisiwani Zanzibar, na Mwambao wa Afrika Mashariki kwa jumla.

Will Ross reports from Zanzibar and Mombasa on how traditional Taarab music is responding to the challenge of new influences. In the 1930's the great Taarab singer, Siti Bint Saad, was a prized ...

(CNN)-- Mohammed Issa Matona is a man on a mission. A master of taarab music, Matona is also the co-founder of Zanzibar's Dhow Countries Music Academy, a school dedicated to preserving the island ...

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.

Utamaduni wa muziki wa mwambao -taarab-, ambao ulikuwa ukichanua nchini Burundi umetoweka kwa zaidi ya miaka 20 sasa. Lakini vizazi vipya vimeamka na kusema kutoweka kwa taarabu ni kutokomeza ...

It was a night to behold. Women of all shapes and shades strutted into the Kenyatta International Conference Centre in style for Radio Maisha’s taarab night. Upcountry taarab lovers were left ...