Gnawa
The Gnawa (or Gnaoua, Ghanawa, Ghanawi, Gnawi) people originated from West Africa; to be precise the ancient Ghana Empire of Ouagadougou (present day Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Burkino Faso and 85% of Mali (pre Gnawi/Mali Wars)).
This name Gnawa is taken from one of the indigenous languages of the Sahara Desert called Tamazight. The phonology of this term according to the grammatical principles of Tamazight is as follows: Gnawi (singular), Gnawa (collective) and Gnawn (plural rarely used).
The Gnawa are an ethnic group whom, with the passing of time became a part of the Sufi order in Maghreb.
History
The Gnawa population is generally believed to originate from the Sahelian region of West and Central Africa, which had long and extensive trading and political ties with the Maghreb.
While adopting Islam, Gnawa continued to celebrate ritual possession during rituals where they are devoted to the practice of the dances of possession and fright. This rite of possession is called Jedba (Arabic: جدبة. Gnawa music mixes classical Islamic Sufism with pre-Islamic African traditions, whether local or sub-Saharan.
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ALBUMS
- Musica 90 Presents: Trance released: 1996
Musica 90 Presents: Trance
Released 1996- Discesa Negl' Inferi
- The Greens (Exerpts)
- Piedi in Aqua, Testa in Aria
- Wadaja
- Oru De Igbodú (Exerpts)
- La Foresta Dei Djinns
- Ketchak
- Invocazione
- Mimoz (Exerpts)
- Passaggio
- Salaama
- Hadra
- Foresta Dei Djinns II
- Ain Dá Rô
- Toques Y Cantos De Quiro (Exerpts)
- In Volo
- Aarzoo Hai
- Mantra
- Somma
- Ritorno Dal Viaggio
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