Bi Kidude’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Tanzanian musicians
Was Singer 
From Tanzania 
Type Music 
Gender female
Birth 1910, Sultanate of Zanzibar
Death 17 April 2013, Zanzibar City, Zanzibar Urban/West Region, Tanzania

Fatuma binti Baraka (c.1910s – 17 April 2013), also known as Bi Kidude, was a Zanzibari-born Tanzanian Taarab singer. She has been called the “queen of Taarab and Unyago music” and was inspired by Siti binti Saad. Born in the village of Mfagimaringo, Bi Kidude was the daughter of a coconut seller in colonial Zanzibar. Bi Kidude’s exact date of birth is unknown and much of her life story is uncorroborated. In 2005, Bi Kidude received the WOMEX award for her contribution to music and culture in Zanzibar.

Awards and nominations

Honours

Order Country Year
Medal for Arts and Sports  Tanzania 2012

Awards

  • 2005 WOMEX award

Nominations

  • 2011 Tanzania Music Awards – Best Collaboration & Best Traditional Song (‘Ahmada’ with Offside trick)
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