RIP Bi Kidude

Fatuma binti Baraka (aka Bi Kidude )
was a Zanzibari Taarab singer. She was
considered the undisputed queen of
Taarab and Unyago music and was also a
protégé of Siti binti Saad ........ Bi Kidude
was born in the village of Mfagimaringo,
she was the daughter of a coconut seller
in colonial Zanzibar. Bi Kidude's exact
date of birth is unknown, much of her
life story is uncorroborated, giving her
an almost mythical status.