Unyago is popular in the islands and coastal regions of East Africa. For several decades the undisputed leader in the unyago scene has been Bi Kidude bint Baraka. Now aged more than a century and due to worsening health, in 2012 Bi Kidude recently retired from performing in public.
Unyago ni ngoma maarufu katika ukanda wa pwani ya Afrika Mashariki, kwa miaka mingi sasa ngoma ya unyago ilikuwa inapigwa na Kidude bint Baraka al maarufu Bi Kidude, ambaye kwa sasa anakadiriwa kuwa miaka zaidi karne, ametakiwa kuacha kuimba kutokana na hali yake kiafya sio nzuri.