Kati District, Unguja South Region, Zanzibar, Tanzania
Genres
Ngoma music
Instruments
Vocals • Ngoma drums
Labels
Independent
Musical artist
Fatuma binti Baraka (in Arabic: فاطمة بنت بركة) (c. 1910 – 17 April 2013),[1][2] popularly known as Bi Kidude, was a Zanzibari-born Tanzanian Taarab singer. She has been called the "queen of Taarab and Unyago music" and was inspired by Siti binti Saad.[3] Born in the village of Kitumba in modern-day Kati District of Unguja South Region and raised the village of Mfagimaringo, Bi Kidude was the daughter of a coconut seller in colonial Zanzibar. Bi Kidude's exact date of birth is unknown and much of her life story is uncorroborated, but she was believed to be the oldest touring singer in the world before her death. In 2005, Bi Kidude received the WOMEX award for her contribution to music and culture in Zanzibar. She was the subject of two documentaries by film maker Andrew Jones.
^BBC Africa
^BBC Swahili
^Rachel Hamada (17 April 2013). "Lover of life". Mambo magazine. Archived from the original on 2015-10-25.
Arabic: فاطمة بنت بركة) (c. 1910 – 17 April 2013), popularly known as BiKidude, was a Zanzibari-born Tanzanian Taarab singer. She has been called the...
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Ali Muhsin al-Barwani, first foreign minister of independent Zanzibar BiKidude, singer David Livingstone, Scottish explorer and missionary Tippu Tip...
performed independent of such rituals, as part of the local folk music. BiKidude and Bi Ngwali are two well-known Zanzibari singers who occasionally perform...
of all time. Over the next several decades, bands and musicians like BiKidude, Mzee Yusuph, Culture Musical Club and Al-Watan Musical Club kept taarab...
sing in her style, even though there is a void that cannot be replaced. BiKidude was the leading exponent up until her death in 2013. Siti binti Saad rose...
Almanacs Top 100 Africans for his work in promoting Africa worldwide BiKidude, Taarab singer of Taarab and Unyago music, received WOMEX award in 2005...
Jaydee Professor Jay TID Rose Mhando Vanessa Mdee A.Y. Ruby Rayvanny BiKidude Carola Kinasha Imani Sanga Tudd Thomas Bella Bellow Elikeh King Mensah...
November 2010. BBC Radio 3 Audio (60 minutes): Culture Musical Club and BiKidude. Accessed 25 November 2010. New Tanzania Music Songs. Accessed 25 November...
years provided a stage for local Swahili talent, from Taarab legends like BiKidude and Culture Musical Club, to homegrown Tanzanian pop and hip-hop. The...
seat (capital) is the town of Tunguu. The district is the birthplace of BiKidude, most famous Zanzibari musician born in Kitumba Village. According to...
Kangasniemi, 70, Finnish Olympic weightlifter and world record holder. BiKidude, c. 100, Tanzanian Zanzibari Taarab singer. Gerald W. Lynch, 76, American...
Baca. There are many women world music performers, including: Ann Savoy, BiKidude, Brenda Fassie, Chabuca Granda, Chava Alberstein, Cleoma Breaux Falcon...
Moja' Gelly wa Ryme feat AT & Ray C - 'Mama Ntilie' Offside trick ft BiKidude - 'Ahmada' Mapacha Watatu ft Mzee Yusuph - 'Shika Ushikapo' Akudo - 'Pongezi...
Nakaya, Frisner Augustin and La Troupe Makandal, Music Cultural Club, BiKidude, Vicente Feliu, Lazaro Garcia, Augusto Blanca, and many more! Arion-edo...
(2009) Bana OK with Josky Kiambukuta (2009) Culture Musical Club with BiKidude (2009) Kasai Allstars (2009, 2015) Mamady Keïta & Sewa Kan (2009) Sauti...
Muscle 100% Dakar Burkina, Princess Yennenga The Rooftops Khawadjat I shot BiKidude Welcome to the Smiling Coast Afripedia Afronauts Timbuktu The tenth festival...
edition saw among others the prenuptial tradition of unyago, presented by BiKidude – a one hundred-years’ old drummer from Zanzibar; the voices of the elderly...
Gasparyan 2003 Freemuse [de] 2004 Marc Hollander & Crammed Discs 2005 BiKidude 2006 Totó La Momposina World Circuit (UK) 2007 Andy Palacio & Ivan Duran...
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