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I am hopeful, says Taarab queen Khadija Kopa as she reminisces past

Khadija Kopa [Photo: Courtesy]

When Zanzibar-born Taarab icon Fatuma binti Baraka alias Bi Kidude passed on at a golden age of 102 in April 2013, all eyes were on the genre’s rising stars, emblems of the music’s future.

Among them was the ‘Iron Lady’ of Taarab, Khadija Omar Abdallah Kopa, widely known as Khadija Kopa.

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