Killer Bi: Remembering Bi Kidude, the Taboo-Busting Queen of Taarab

Andy Jones’s music documentary As Old as My Tongue is subtitled “The Myth and Life of Bi Kidude,” an apt addendum for a film about a larger-than-life performer who came to global attention only when she was well into her 80s. 
Or so it was thought; when the reigning queen of Taarab died two years ago this week, she was thought to be several years past 100 but no one knew her age for sure – not even Bi Kidude, which only added to her allure when she was discovered by the growing international...

Michuzi

Habari Zinazoendana

9 years ago

Michuzi

I SHOT BI KIDUDE - OFFICIAL TRAILER - Maisha Ya Bi Kidude - filamu mpya na Andy Jones

 

10 years ago

BBC

Why is organ donation taboo in Africa?

Why many Africans shun organ donation

 

11 years ago

Daily News

12 Feb

Police keen on busting crime

Police keen on busting crime
Daily News
POLICE in Dar es Salaam have asked street leaders to cooperate closely with law enforcers in improving the safety and security services. The upshot is to fight crime in the city from street level. The Dar es Salaam Special Zone Commissioner of Police (CP), ...

 

5 years ago

The Guardian

29 Feb

Yes, it is worse than the flu: busting the coronavirus myths

Yes, it is worse than the flu: busting the coronavirus myths  The Guardian

 

11 years ago

Daily News

18 Feb

Police Force keen on crime busting

Daily News
Police Force keen on crime busting
Daily News
SENIOR police officers are meeting here for six days to evaluate the force's performance for last year and establish areas of strength, weakness and lay down strategies for this calendar year. Speaking during the opening ceremony, the Inspector General of ...

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

22 Dec

THE CULTURE BEAT : Busting open myths about our bodies (part 2)

Gender and sex are not the same thing. One is a social construct and the other is a biological characteristic. When we speak of sex in the biological sense, we mostly speak of your sexual organs, what is in between your legs, we speak of one being male or female (let’s leave out hermaphrodites for now).

 

5 years ago

Voice Of America

12 Apr

Doctor Gambles on Clot-busting Drug to Save Virus Patients

Doctor Gambles on Clot-busting Drug to Save Virus Patients  Voice of AmericaView Full coverage on Google News

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

21 Feb

It was Sauti Za Busara without Bi Kidude

>It was a weekend of love with Valentine’s Day coming in handy, but just across the ocean in the Spice Islands the Sauti Za Busara festival had kicked off with a series of performances.

 

10 years ago

Michuzi

Remembering

The late Mama  Elsie Nantume Beatrice Uriyo.
Even though it seems like time froze it has been two years since you suddenly left (10/09 2012)., yet you vividly remain engraved in our hearts, mind and thoughts,timeless & priceless. We your Husband, Children & Grandchildren miss& love you always.

 

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