14/11/2024
“Dhow Countries Music Academy” DCMA officially introduces its Music Archive to all our visitors. The Music Archive displays stories of artists, their musical journey and contributions in “Taarab” & “Kidumbaki”. This Music Archive’s main focus is on educating people about how music came into Zanzibar and its evolution to this date. In addition, you will get to know about “Siti bint Saad” the Mother of Taarab, Bi Kidude, Makame Faki and even Sultan Sayyid Barghash (who played significant role on inventing Taraab music in Zanzibar).
At DCMA visitors have an opportunity to experience not only the tour of the Music Archive, but also Taarab Presentations and traditional music and dance Workshops. As demonstrated in this video, visitors from Germany dived into the history of Taarab and had a chance to participate in various activities, including local drumming, singing, and dancing.
For more information regarding such activities and bookings, please get in touch with DCMA.
