AFH573 - Nuru Kane & Bayefall Gnawa

Nuru Kane was born in Senegal in the 1970s and migrated to France in the mid-90s. There his vocal and multi-instrumental abilities found him in demand both fronting his own band and guesting with others. Yet Kane did not truly find his musical direction until a trip to Morocco left him captivated by the rhythms of Gnawa. Gnawa originates with the Gnawa brotherhoods: these religious and social organisations are comprised of the descendents of West Africans who were brought across the Sahara to Marrakech as