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Taarab

🇧🇼 Botswana Slang
Added Aug 06, 2025 · 2 definitions
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Taarab definition 1

Taarab (Swahili music)

"Coastal taarab (Coast music)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 06, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Taarab definition 2

Muziki wa pwani (Coastal music)

"Taarab ya Mombasa (Mombasa taarab)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025

Word Details

Country
🇧🇼 Botswana
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2 community definitions
Added
August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Taarab 🇹🇿 Tanzania

Muziki wa Zanzibar (Zanzibar music)

"Taarab ni muziki wa mapenzi na mashairi (Taarab is music of love and poetry)"
Taarab 🇰🇪 Kenya

Muziki wa pwani (Coastal music)

"Taarab ya Mombasa (Mombasa taarab)"

🇧🇼 About Botswana Slang

Botswana slang merges Setswana with English, with Gaborone youth driving a modern lexicon influenced by South African township culture.

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🌍 "Taarab" Across Africa

This word is also used in 2 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Taarab 🇹🇿 Tanzania

Muziki wa Zanzibar (Zanzibar music)
Taarab 🇰🇪 Kenya

Muziki wa pwani (Coastal music)

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