A famous Zanzibari singer and composer, Siti binti Saad established taarab as a performing artist and as a mouthpiece for women in East Africa. In the process, she became a pioneer in many ways.
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Aude Gensbittel, Salma Said and Gwendolin Hilse contributed to this package. It is part of the "African Roots" series, a project realized in cooperation with the Gerda Henkel foundation.