Travel on a song-the roots of Zanzibar taarab
- Title
- Travel on a song-the roots of Zanzibar taarab
- Type
- Text
- Language
- English
- Subject
- African Music
- Abstract
- Zanzibar, in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Tanzania, consists of the neighbouring islands Unguja and Pemba which are home to a music style called taarab — a distinct musical form that blends Arabic and African as well as Indian, Latin, Indonesian and European influences. This style of music can be found with variations all along the Swahili Coast in Tanzania and Kenya, with the degree of influence from different musical cultures varying from place to place. Egyptian Arabic influence is most audible in Zanzibar taarab, while Mombasa (Kenya) exhibits a more pronounced Indian influence and Lamu (Kenya), has remained closer to its Yemeni origins.
- Description
- pages: 77-93
- Created Date
- November 30, 2012
- Parent project
- International Library of African Music
- is funded by
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Rhodes University
- Place of Origin
- South Africa
- Author
- Kiel, Hilda
- License
- CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
- Access Rights
- Public
- DRE ID
- eaa-99-032b
- Identifier
-
1805
Value Annotations
- Type
- Publisher, distributor, or vendor stock number
- WissKI URL
- 81306
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