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GNAWA I: DIASPORIC AFRICAN POWER/LIVE STREAM
"Gnawa still show their Bambara, Fula,
Hausa, Wodaabe and Yoruba
past proudly in over a hundred
chants and songs, acrobatic
dance during night ceremonies, lilas!
Multiple songs are named after the communities that once
lived far from the Maghreb (Black Morocco)."
GNAWA II: CITIES, DIASPORAS AND DUAL IDENTITY
"Mimouna is both a holiday feast
after Pesach (Passover) in Judaism:
the emancipation of Israeli refugees in Egypt
by Moses, or Sidi Musa after God
spared their first-born children
during the night...and a Gnawa melk or spirit.
Mimouna in Gnawa has a West African link too."
GNAWA III: MAALMAS, MOQADEMMAS...
"Here within Gnawa, far less separation exists.
Daughters learn possession dances,
how to conjure from their parents.
They play guembris like their fathers or uncles.
Lilas may be their first tangible memory."
GNAWA IV: DIFFERENT GNAWA STYLES
"Musicians from Simo Errebbaa,
Maalems Mahmoud Gania, Hamid el
Kasri to Abdelkebir Merchane,
Abdelouhed and Rida Stitou fuse styles as they create
further Gnawa fusion all its own."
GNAWA V: HOMETOWNS, FESTIVALS AND INSTRUMENTS
"Gnawa's hypnotic music has several connotations throughout Africa:
Diwan (Djazair), Stambali (Tunisia), Zar (Sudan)."
"This page assembles all seven suites
throughout a recorded lifetime."
"What did Gnawis and I do to nurture our roots,
keep awareness alive in these uncertain times?"
Gnawa Musicians
Bnat Timbouktou (Casablanca, MAR)
Gnawa de Bruxelles (Brussels, EUR)
Gnawa Meknes (Meknes, MAR)
Maalem Mahmoud Gania (Essaouira, MAR)
Mehdi Nassouli (Taroudant, MAR)
Samir LanGus (North Carolina, USA)
Maalem Abdlwahid Stitou (Tanja, MAR)
Maalem Reda Stitou (Tanja, MAR)
Maalem Zakaria (Moroccan Trance Music Gnawa) (Manchester, EUR)