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Practice painting of Zanzibari singer and legend Bi Kidude 🇹🇿 Swipe for reference pic! . "Fatuma binti Baraka (c.1910s – 17 April 2013), also 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...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." #Wikipedia . "Along with the pioneering teenager Siti binti Saad (1880-1950), Bi Kidude was one of the first Zanzibari women to lift the veil and sing in public. This was a courageous move in a society where women were confined to purdah. The two were the first female communicators on the island and in mainland Tanzania, of which Zanzibar is now part....The women's messages were provocative, often ridiculing men's sexual behaviour and sometimes decrying the abuse of women." #TheGuardian . . #bikidude #fatumabikibaraka #illustratoroninstagram #illustrationdrawing #illustration #digitalartists #digitalart #digitalillustrator #digitalportrait #digitalpainting #digitalillustration #drawdigital #drawdaily #drawingoftheday #procreate #procreateartist #artstudiopro #freelanceillustrator #artsketch #womenillustrators #illustrationsketch #portraiture #digidraws #digitalartist #artistonig #instaart #instaartist #warmupsketch https://www.instagram.com/p/CHn03tnjoi6/?igshid=18n4ha91quc0u