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Fatuma binti Baraka (aka Bi.Kidude) is a Zanzibari Taarab singer. She is considered the undisputed queen of Taarab and Unyago music and is also a protègè of Siti binti Saad. Bi Kidude was born in the village of Mfagimaringo, she was the daughter of a coconut seller in colonial Zanzibar. Bi Kidude's exact date of birth is unknown, much of her life story is uncorroborated, giving her an almost mythical status. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Bi+Kidude">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Tanzania
- Place of birth
- Sultanate of Zanzibar
- Place of death
- Zanzibar City
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- Swahili
- Native language
- Swahili
- Religion
- Islam
- Genre
- taarab
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Bi Kidude.png
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- subject has role
- supercentenarian
- date of death
- 2013-04-17
- date of birth
- 1920-01-01
- Commons category
- Bi Kidude
- P12749
- Antirrhinum
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