Lelele Afrika (Mombasa); Eddie Grey (@eddiegreykenya), Prasad Velankar and Kirit Pattni
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Rajab Suleiman and Kithara (Zanzibar)
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Wednesday, July 21, 2021
7:00 PM
Alliance Française de Nairobi (@afnairobi)
NAIROBI
Free Entry (on prior registration):
http://bit.ly/Taarvibes
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LELELE AFRIKA:
(Mwanate Kibwana Shamauya, Mbarak Ali Haji, Ahmed Mohamed Haitani, Zeinab Mbarak Ali)
Lelele Afrika is one of only a handful of groups on the Kenyan coast that continue the age-old taarab musical traditions.
The group aims to conserve the traditional acoustic taarab with lyrics drawn from Swahili poems.
In this concert, the group is joined by the versatile guitarist, Eddie Grey (@eddiegreykenya), the tabla player Prasad Velankar, and Kirit Pattni on flute.
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RAJAB SULEIMAN AND KITHARA:
(Rajab Suleiman, Saada Nassor, Foum Faki Juma, Mohammed Hassan Ramadhan)
Zanzibari qanun player Rajab Suleiman is probably best known as a member and featured soloist of the Culture Musical Club, which together with Ikhwani Safaa established the legacy of the Islands’ large taarab orchestras and social clubs.
A natural musician, and untiring in his quest for musical knowledge, Rajab has moved beyond the frontiers of the taarab of old, becoming a virtuoso on the qanun, drawing from the classical Arabic and Turkish schools.
With Saada Nassor’s sumptuous vocals, Mohammed Hassan Ramadhan on accordion and Foum Faki Juma on percussion, Rajab Suleiman and Kithara are generating a new repertoire and marrying the island’s infectious rhythms and melodies to the group’s taarab instruments.
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Alliance Française de Nairobi (@afnairobi)
Nairobi, Nairobi CBD
Eddie Grey, Kirit Pattni, Lelele Afrika, Prasad Velankar, Rajab Suleiman and Kithara