Arts and Africa - BBC African Service, London

ARTS, AFRICA, Ocean, Island, MUSIC, instruments, Indian
Date: 
19 September 1986
Collection: 
Centre for African Literary Studies
Creator: 
BBC
Contributor: 
Bernth Lindfors Collection
Resource Type: 
Interviews
Language: 
English
Coverage: 
South Africa
Resource Identifier: 
ALS 4/5 - The Bernth Lindfors African Literature Collection - BBC African Service London
File Type: 
Document
Extent: 
6 pages
Rights Holder: 
UKZN - Centre for African Literary Studies

This programme takes us to Africa's Indian Ocean Islands. The first stop is Zanzibar, but the sound is distinctly North African and is called Tarab music recorded by Paula Park. Originally came to Zanzibar in the nineteenth century from Egypt.

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