In our All Around This World in-person music classes we love to sing an East African love song about life’s joys and imperfection, performed by Zanzibari music legend Bi Kidude. The undisputed star of “tarrab,” a multicultural music genre we find in Zanzibar, Kidude passed away in 2013 at (at least) 100 years old. but will live forever in the hearts of taarab-loving Zanzibaris. Thankfully film-maker Andrew Jones captured some of her latest live performances and included them in his documentary about her oh-so-complicated life, “As Old as My Tongue: The Myth and Life of Bi Kidude.”
We are revising the AllAroundThisWorld.com site — the information you’re seeking may still be here, but a lot of links are broken and details may be out of date. We are currently using a new (better!) site — ExploreEverywhere.com — to tell you all about our class offerings, our “pen pal” program and how to become one of our teachers, and will eventually be moving all the goodies from here over to there. So, GO TO THE NEW SITE!
