MOG

in the company of Culture Musical Club, who bring an Islamic Taarab feel to this tune sung in Swahili  and written by Abass Mwachano Juma.

East African taarab music is unique to the Swahili coast, which extends from Kenya down to Mozambique. The music and culture's true homeland is the island of Zanzibar, off the coast of Tanzania, and its best-known practitioners are the elegant and accomplished members of Culture Musical Club. Taraab has its roots in Egypt, in the Cairene wedding bands and their classical Arabic repertoire; and the instrumentation reflects this: ouds, khanouns and dumbeks take places alongside contrabass, accordion and massed violins. The music is dramatic and orchestral, like its Arabic inspiration, but sung in Swahili and given a thoroughly African twist.