Bi Kidude

{{Short description|Tanzanian singer (c. 1910– 2013)}}

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| birth_name = Fatuma binti Baraka

| birth_date = {{circa}} 1910

| birth_place = Sultanate of Zanzibar

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2013|4|17|1910}}

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| nationality = Tanzanian

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| occupation = Singer

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| style = Taarab

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| awards = WOMEX Award
Medal for Arts and Sports

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| genre = {{flatlist|

• Ngoma music

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| label = {{hlist|Independent}}

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| origin = Kati District, Unguja South Region, Zanzibar, Tanzania

| instruments = Vocals • Ngoma drums

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Fatuma binti Baraka ({{langx|ar|فاطمة بنت بركة}}‎; {{c.|1910}} – 17 April 2013),[https://plus.google.com/u/0/106610462786749234705/posts/NG4kiCf2cpq BBC Africa][http://www.bbc.co.uk/swahili/habari/2013/04/130417_kidude_aaga.shtml BBC Swahili] popularly 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.{{cite web|title=Lover of life |url=http://www.mambomagazine.com/in-deep/arts-and-culture/lover-life |publisher=Mambo magazine |author=Rachel Hamada |date=17 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025141243/http://www.mambomagazine.com/in-deep/arts-and-culture/lover-life |archivedate=2015-10-25 }} Born in the village of Kitumba in modern-day Kati District of Unguja South Region and raised 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, but she was believed to be the oldest touring singer in the world before her death. In 2005, Bi Kidude received the WOMEX award for her contribution to music and culture in Zanzibar. She was the subject of two documentaries by film maker Andrew Jones.