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The Best North African Songs Right Now (opens the original)
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This September, North African music is dominated by Sudanese releases from the region and the diaspora. In September, artists returned from their summer holidays and got back on their grind. North Africa saw a wave of new releases, but, call me biased, no country could keep up with Sudan. Both in the region and across the diaspora, Sudanese artists proved that the contemporary music scene remains as diverse as the one young people are nostalgic for from decades ago. Sudanese music has inspired t
Nostalgic for Social Change: North African Songs of Exile and Dissent (opens the original)
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Music that was written to support uprisings or call out the pain of exile continues to echo across North Africa, even when speaking out against oppression becomes increasingly difficult. In 2019, the Sudanese people took to the streets and toppled the three-decade-long dictatorship of Omar al-Bashir. The grassroots organizing behind what became known as the December Revolution was hailed as a model for civilian dissent worldwide, and international media covered the arts cultivated during, or ins
What Does North African Nostalgia Sound Like? (opens the original)
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OkayAfrica asked 30 North Africans from Morocco to Sudan about the sounds and songs that take them back in time. From Morocco to Sudan, nostalgia lives in the memory of car rides and in the kitchens of our elders. Any roadtrip to visit your grandparents, holiday by the beach or accompany your dad to the souk started with sliding in a cassette tape or turning up the radio. Out came Mohamed Mounir, Cheb Mami, Samira Said and Amr Diab. Beyond its music, the warmth and intensity of North Africa’s so
How an Imagined Nostalgia Catapulted Tul8te to Global Success (opens the original)
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The seat of “Egypt’s biggest popstar” has been up for grabs for a while. Many have tried to fill it, but only Tul8te has succeeded. A warm summer’s day, a boy with a rose on a red Vespa, taking you out on a picnic date, or, if you’re lucky, on a road trip to the beach in his brown old-timer. He has brought his guitar, is wearing suit pants and a button-down shirt, and, of course, his white crochet mask. Even though Egyptian pop sensation Tul8te is no longer anonymous, he is sticking to his mask.
Taz Waves Samples the Past to Synthesize the Future (opens the original)
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Tracing the history of the Yamaha PSR and Technics KN2000 keyboards in Sudan, the producer has created an album that brings these iconic sounds into conversations with new electronic Sudanese music. You know you’re about to witness a legendary Sudanese party when you see the keyboardist pull up to the function, a cigarette dangling between his lips. Even when they’re part of a band, Sudanese keyboardists are one-man orchestras that can conjure all types of instruments and polyrhythms. All they n
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