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Siti Binti Saad

Band, 1880-1950 IN
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Siti binti Saad (1880–1950) was a pioneering artist in the taraab genre of east African music. In an era in which male singers predominated, she was a pioneer as a woman singer in the genre: she was the first woman in East Africa to record her music in an album. In contrast to previous singers who sang in Arabic, she sang in Swahili. She sang in cities of the coast of Kenya, Tanganyika and Zanzibar.The peak of her career was from 1928 to her death in 1950, during which she recorded over 150 gramophone records in India.

     
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