Fatima binti Baraka (in Arabic: فاطمة بنت بركة) (c. 1910 – 17 April 2013),BBC Swahili
/ref> also known as Bi Kidude, was a

Zanzibar Zanzibar (; ; ) is an insular semi-autonomous province which united with Tanganyika in 1964 to form the United Republic of Tanzania. It is an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of the mainland, and consists of many small islands ...

i-born

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Taarab Taarab is a music genre popular in Tanzania and Kenya. It is influenced by the musical traditions of the African Great Lakes, North Africa, the Middle East, and the Indian subcontinent. Taarab rose to prominence in 1928 with the advent of the ...

singer. She has been called the "queen of

and Unyago music" and was inspired by

Siti binti Saad Siti binti Saad (1880–1950) was a pioneering artist in the taarab genre of east African music. The first East African singer to make commercial recordings, she made over 150 gramophone recordings during her lifetime. She also introduced a new I ...

. Born in the village of Mfagimaringo, Bi Kidude was the daughter of a coconut seller in colonial Zanzibar. Bi Kidude's exact date of birth is unknown and much of her life story is uncorroborated, but she was believed to be the oldest touring singer in the world before her death. In 2005, Bi Kidude received the

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award for her contribution to music and culture in Zanzibar. She was the subject of two documentaries by film maker Andrew Jones.

Awards and nominations

Honours

Awards

* 2005

award

Nominations

2011 Tanzania Music Awards The 12th edition of the Tanzania Music Awards took place at the Diamond Jubilee Hall in Dar es Salaam, on Saturday March 26, 2011. Bongo Flava artist 20 Percent was the big winner of the night with five trophies out of seven nominations. The artis ...

- Best Collaboration & Best Traditional Song ('Ahmada' with Offside trick)

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