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product_id: 7598263
title: "Zanzibar"
brand: "bi kidude"
price: "₹ 3229"
currency: INR
in_stock: true
reviews_count: 1
url: https://www.desertcart.in/products/7598263-zanzibar
store_origin: IN
region: India
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# Zanzibar

**Brand:** bi kidude
**Price:** ₹ 3229
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Zanzibar by bi kidude
- **How much does it cost?** ₹ 3229 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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- bi kidude enthusiasts

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## Description

Originally released in 1998. When Bi Kidude died in 2013 none of the many tributes paid to her could state her age with any certainty. She herself hadn't known for sure, but researchers calculated that she was over 100 years old even though she was still giving concerts in the last year of her life. This much is factual: that Bi Kidude was born on the island of Zanzibar when it was still a sultanate and that in the 1920s she became known as the Queen of Taarab, the Swahili music of the East African coast and Indian Ocean islands. A featured singer and dancer with several of the top taarab orchestras, she toured widely over four decades before settling down in Zanzibar, where she became a sort of priestess, guiding girls through puberty rites. In the 1980s she resumed touring, traveling through the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Europe with the Twinkling Stars, the Taarab All Stars, and Shikamoo Jazz. The recordings on this album were made in Zanzibar, Tanzania; Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Berlin, Germany; Helsinki, Finland; and Reading, England. In addition to definitive performances of taarab classics, the album includes a very rare field recording of an unyago girls' puberty rite, with Bi accompanied by an all-female chorus and drum corps.

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## Customer Reviews

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    L altro rock
  
  

*by G***I on Reviewed in Italy 🇮🇹 on January 5, 2022*

Unico capitolo discografico di una grande performer il cui materiale giovanile è completamente perduto. Il disco è stato registrato quando bi kidude era quai 90enne... Su you tube  vi sono versioni delle stesse canzoni live, alcune  sono miglior. Chissà se uscirà qualche nastro con incisioni giovanili,. Per importanza può essere avvicinata  alle pioniere del rock.

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*Last updated: 2026-05-03*