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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,

Bnat Gania, Samir LanGus,

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)."


GNAWA VI: DIASPORIC DIFFUSION

 

GNAWA VII: RBET

"This page assembles all seven suites

throughout a recorded lifetime."


GNAWA VIII: REVISITATION

"What did Gnawis and I do to nurture our roots,

keep awareness alive in these uncertain times?"


Gnawa Musicians

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Bnat Gania (MAR) 

Bnat Timbouktou (Casablanca, MAR)   

Gnawa de Bruxelles (Brussels, EUR)

Gnawa Meknes (Meknes, MAR)

Mohamed Errebbaa (Wales, EUR)

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)