Most people have never heard of Gnawa. Originally you weren't supposed to. For centuries, the music was only played in secret ceremonies by enslaved Black Africans brought to Morocco. Gnawa—an ...

Bill Whitaker is an award-winning journalist and 60 Minutes correspondent who has covered major news stories, domestically and across the globe, for more than four decades with CBS News. For centuries ...

But for the 21st edition of the Gnawa Festival in Essaouria the Alizee drew breath and slept, if fitfully, through four days and nights of intense trance music featuring the ghimbri bass lute and ...

Not anymore. Today, Gnawa is a celebrated and central part of Moroccan culture and tradition, supported by wealthy benefactors. The music is powered by a three-string ghimbri bass lute made of animal ...

ESSAOUIRA (MOROCCO) - In a riot of colour, acrobatics and drum beats, Morocco's gnawa artists joyously celebrated the inclusion of their ancient art-form in UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural ...

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Essaouira: The jewel of north Africa is home to a festival that showcases Gnawa, an ancient music form finding a place in modern Morocco. The power of Gnawa: Essaouira I’m standing in the middle of a ...

The ancient citadel town of Essaouira — known best as Astapor from Game Of Thrones — played host to the third Moga Fest with International DJs, Moroccan artists and local Gnawa music. By Nicolas ...

Gnawa music is a Moroccan spiritual musical tradition developed by descendants of enslaved people from sub-Saharan Africa. Combining ritual poetry with traditional music and dance, the Gnawa master is ...

Simply put, Gnawa is the music of formerly enslaved black Africans who integrated into the Moroccan cultural and social landscape, and founded a model to preserve the traditions and folkloric music of ...