Siti Binti Saad 1880 - 1950 Was A Pioneering Artist In The Taraab Genre Of East African Music. In An Era In Which Male Singers Predominated She Was A Pioneer As A Woman Singer In The Genre. In Contrast To Previous Singers Who Sang In Arabic She Sang In Swahili. She Sang In Cities Of The Coast Of Kenya Tanganyika And Zanzibar.