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TARABU

African musical style popular along the East African coast, of indeterminate origin but combining African, Indian and Arabic elements to prod. a music somehow identifiably African. Developed in coastal cities from Somalia to Mozambique, reflecting the cosmopolitan outlook of multi- racial peoples, major centres incl. Mombassa and the island of Zanzibar; by combining Arabic and Indian melodies and drumming with Swahili, a classical culture maintains links with Swahili literature. During ’30s the instrumentation was mainly Arabic, incl. lute, pottery drums, zither, fiddle, tambourine and rattle; guitar-like gambuz was also used. Performed mainly on ceremonial occasions, tarabu survived the generations and remained a popular recreational music; a modern selection on Songs The Swahili Sing on Original Music is both amplified and augmented by the tabla from India, Western guitar, accordion and violin. By the ’60s the invasion of the Zairean rumba became universal, resulting in a Latin infl. in tarabu; meanwhile, more mainstream Kenyan pop was infl. by the arrival of dozens of Zairean musicians in East Africa: in the ’80s such bands as Orchestre Virunga, Orchestre Makassy and Super Mazembe were composed mainly of Zaire nationals. Towards the end of the ’70s specifically East African styles began to emerge, such as benga, a fusion of Luo trad. music and the rumba. Tarabu ensembles flourished in the ’90s, though rarely heard in Europe and the USA; a good series of albums on Globestyle incl. Mailidi And Musical Party, Mimbasa Wedding Special, Zein Musical Party, The Style Of Mombasa, Cultural Musical Club, Taarab 4, The Music Of Zanzibar; also Songs The Swahili Sing on Original Music.

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