Taarab Music in Zanzibar in the Twentieth Century: A Story of ‘Old is Gold’ and Flying Spirits - SOAS Studies in Music - Janet Topp Fargion - Books - Taylor & Francis Ltd - 9780754655541 - February 26, 2014
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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 New edition

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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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