Their music incorporates traditional Wagogo styles and electronic production.

Hukwe Zawose had seven wives and seventeen children; Pendo started performing with the family band at 14, but as a woman was not permitted to sing lead vocals.

[1][2] After Hukwe Zawose's death in 2003, Pendo began to lead the family band The Zawose Family, and they released the album Small Things Fall from the Baobab Tree in 2007.

[2] Leah and Pendo Zawose began writing music together after performing at Sauti za Busara in Zanzibar in 2019.

[3] The Zawose Queens' debut album Maisha was released on 7 June 2024 on Real World Records.