The Gnawa lions : authenticity and opportunity in Moroccan ritual music

The Gnawa lions : authenticity and opportunity in Moroccan ritual music / Christopher Witulski.

Traditionally gnawa musicians in Morocco played for all-night ceremonies where communities gathered to invite spirits to heal mental, physical, and social ills untreatable by other means. Now gnawa music can be heard on the streets of Marrakech, at festivals in Essaouira, in Fez's cafes, in Cas...

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Main Author: Witulski, Christopher (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2018]
Series:Public cultures of the Middle East and North Africa.
Subjects:
Gnawa (Brotherhood)
West Africans > Morocco > Music > History and criticism.
Music > Morocco > Religious aspects.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Call Number: ML3760 .W58 2018
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