An award winning intimate portrait of the legendary Bi Kidude, one of the most renowned African singers of the twentieth century. Her home island of Zanzibar has long been a meeting point for black African and Arabic influence and the island’s music is its most potent expression. Bi Kidude beguiled audiences on her frequent worldwide travels but domestically she continually courted controversy, as an unrestrained free spirit living on a conservatively minded small island. As Old As My Tongue reveals the dramatic contrasts in the life of this iconic musician and features a classic soundtrack spanning one hundred years of Swahili music.