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Bi Kidude

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Also known as Fatuma binti Baraka

Tanzanian singer (c. 1910–2013)

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Type
Person
Country
TZ
Active to
2013-04-17

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
2,290
Total plays
14,235

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tanzaniataarabzanzibarunyagodrums

Fatuma binti Baraka (aka Bi.Kidude) is a Zanzibari Taarab singer. She is considered the undisputed queen of Taarab and Unyago music and is also a protègè 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. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Bi+Kidude">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
female
Citizenship
Tanzania
Place of birth
Sultanate of Zanzibar
Place of death
Zanzibar City
Occupation
singer
Languages spoken
Swahili
Native language
Swahili
Religion
Islam
Genre
taarab
Instrument
voice
Image
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subject has role
supercentenarian
date of death
2013-04-17
date of birth
1920-01-01
Commons category
Bi Kidude
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