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Taarab
- Author(s):
- Andrew Eisenberg (see profile)
- Date:
- 2017
- Subject(s):
- Africa, Area studies, Ethnomusicology
- Item Type:
- Book chapter
- Tag(s):
- Kenya, Swahili, Taarab, African Popular Music, African studies
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M64N4F
- Abstract:
- Taking its name from the Arabic term tariba, meaning the ecstatic feelings evoked by true musical artistry, taarab has its origins in court music traditions of the Arab elite of late nineteenth-century Zanzibar and coastal Kenya.
- Metadata:
- xml
- Published as:
- Book chapter Show details
- Publisher:
- Ketebul Music
- Pub. Date:
- 2017
- Book Title:
- Shades of Benga: The Story of Popular Music in Kenya
- Author/Editor:
- Ketebul Music
- Chapter:
- 7
- Page Range:
- 287 - 307
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 6 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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