{"id":423751,"date":"2011-05-13T19:51:48","date_gmt":"2011-05-13T19:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/13\/taarab-musician-dies-in-zanzibar\/"},"modified":"2011-05-13T19:51:48","modified_gmt":"2011-05-13T19:51:48","slug":"taarab-musician-dies-in-zanzibar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/13\/taarab-musician-dies-in-zanzibar\/","title":{"rendered":"Taarab Musician Dies in Zanzibar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"24.7034840623\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dailynews.co.tz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tanzania Daily News<\/a> (Dar\u00a0es\u00a0Salaam)<\/p>\n<p>13 May 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Zanzibar \u2014 MAULID Mohamed &#8216;Machaprala,&#8217; former star of the Taarab music in Zanzibar, has died after long illness associated with diabetic complications.<\/p>\n<p>He was in his 70s. Machaprala passed away on Thursday night at Mnazi Mmoja hospital, Intensive Care Unit (ICU), where he was undergoing treatment for the past three days.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He has been battling diabetic complications,&#8221; Mgeni Mohammed, a family member said. President Ali Mohamed Shein led hundreds of Zanzibaris including Taarab musicians, leaders, and elderly soccer fans, who turned up to pay their last respect to the deceased at Numbari Mosque, Vikokotoni street, before being laid to rest at Bambi village in central district.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have lost a good musician, he will be remembered for his great contributions in developing arts,&#8221; Shein said in his condolence message to the family of the renowned singer who is survived with two wives and ten children.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read the article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201105130983.html\" title=\"Taarab Musician Dies in Zanzibar\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Taarab Musician Dies in Zanzibar<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Tanzania Daily News (Dar\u00a0es\u00a0Salaam) 13 May 2011 Zanzibar \u2014 MAULID Mohamed &#8216;Machaprala,&#8217; former star of the Taarab music in Zanzibar, has died after long illness associated with diabetic complications. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":410902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-423751","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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