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taarab

music genre from East Africa
Intangible music_genre Q1564596
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Summary

taarab is a music genre[1]. taarab draws 153 Wikipedia views per month (music_genre category, ranking #487 of 1,946).[2]

Key Facts

  • taarab's instance of is recorded as music genre[3].
  • taarab is a type of music of East Africa[4].
  • taarab's Commons category is recorded as Taarab[5].
  • taarab's country of origin is recorded as Kenya[6].
  • taarab's country of origin is recorded as Tanzania[7].
  • January 1, 1880 marks the founding of taarab[8].
  • taarab's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Taarab[9].
  • taarab's different from is recorded as tarab[10].
  • taarab's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Intangible Cultural Heritage[11].

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Definition and Type

taarab's instance of is recorded as music genre[3]. taarab is a type of music of East Africa[4].

Origins

January 1, 1880 marks the founding of taarab[8].

Why It Matters

taarab draws 153 Wikipedia views per month (music_genre category, ranking #487 of 1,946).[2] taarab has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] taarab is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

Kenya Tanzania

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → tarab
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'it', 'ja', 'no', 'pl', 'ru', '
    Gnd id → 4784903-4
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56529|batch #56529]]: Import GNDs from dewiki"
  2. 4w ago · ~2026-49677-85 · 2026-09-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → tarab
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Different from: tarab"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Country of origin → Kenya, Tanzania
    Different from → tarab
    Aliases → —
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 34772, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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