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Taarab Music in Zanzibar in the Twentieth Century: A Story of ‘Old is Gold’ and Flying Spirits - SOAS Studies in Music Janet Topp Fargion New edition
Taarab Music in Zanzibar in the Twentieth Century: A Story of ‘Old is Gold’ and Flying Spirits - SOAS Studies in Music
Janet Topp Fargion
The musical genre of taarab is played for entertainment at weddings and other festive occasions all along the Swahili Coast in East Africa. In this study Janet Topp Fargion traces the development of the genre in Zanzibar, from the late nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth.
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| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | February 26, 2014 |
| ISBN13 | 9780754655541 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Pages | 250 |
| Dimensions | 155 × 242 × 22 mm · 624 g |
| Language | English |
| Series Editor | Howard, Professor Keith |
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