Music and creation of zanzibar identity. Music and entertainment was created in Zanzibar during the reign of the third Sultan of Zanzibar SEYYID BARGHASH (1870-88) a sultan widely known for his opulent and luxurious court life, Bargash spent more than ten years in exile,travelling , India,Arabia and Europe, when he returned he introduce Taarab music, and the first taarab music was recorded in 1928 in India with Colombia records, with village girl called MTUMWA, who later became a legend and change her name to SITI bit SAAD. These are the first pictures of SITI and her group taken in India.

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