Emerging in the 1990s modern taarab, is a far cry from its “classical taarab” counterpart, played on acoustic instruments filled with double meanings and Swahili poetical nuance.
Ilianza kupata umaarufu katika miaka ya 1990, kilikuwa kilio cha muda mrefu kutoka kwa wanamuziki wa zamani wanaopiga taarab asilia na wakilalimika kwamba hii sio taarab.