The government has pledged support to the Five Stars Modern Taarab, after the group lost its 13 musicians in a tragic road accident that occurred in Morogoro Region last Monday. The Deputy Minister of ...

Tanzania's and East Africa's popular taarab music songbird, Shakila Saidi, is dead. She died at her residence in Dar es Salaam on Friday when she collapsed shortly after performing 'magharibi' (sunset ...

A famous Zanzibari singer and composer, Siti binti Saad established taarab as a performing art and as a mouthpiece for women in East Africa. In the process, she became a pioneer in many ways. Siti ...

Nichole Sobecki / New York Times News ServiceDancers perform to the catchy Congolese-style rhythms of the African Stars Band at Mango Garden in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. A boisterous scene, from ...

Taarab lovers in Tanzania are in mourning after one of the greatest singers in the modern era passed on a few days ago. While it is not clear what may have caused his untimely death, Bilal Mashauzi ...

ZANZIBAR, like Timbuktu and Samarkand, is one of those mythically romantic names, but unlike the other two, the reality lives up to the image. Stone Town, the capital, is a maze of narrow lanes with ...

Tanzanian artists perform Taarab music at the opening ceremony of the 2024 China-Tanzania Culture and Tourism Year in Beijing, May 15, 2024. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] 2024 marks the 60th ...

This year Tanzania celebrates 40 years of independence. In a co-production with Tanzanian radio station Kiss FM, BBC World Service's magazine programme Outlook broadcasts live from the capital Dar es ...

Taarab lovers in Tanzania are in mourning after one of the greatest singers in the modern era passed on a few days ago. While it is not clear what may have caused his untimely death, Bilal Mashauzi ...