AFH577 - Aziz Sahmaoui & University of Gnawa - Maktoube

Aziz Sahmaoui & University of Gnawa (Morocco) Exciting mix of North African and Senegalese rhythms with Gnawa trance Aziz Sahmaoui grew up in Marrakesh. In this city he absorbed both traditional Berber music as well as the omnipresent music of the Gnawa brotherhoods. The Gnawa music is a fusion of classical Sufi tradition and animistic influences from West Africa. The music is very trance inducing and is said to work therapeutically. There is a close relationship with the music brought to Morocco by the Wes