It is midnight in the port town of Essaouira on the Moroccan coast and, down through covered alleys and narrow streets, an audience has assembled on top of the battlements where Orson Welles filmed ...
A dancer whips her hair and lifts and drops her chest as the thwacking bass sound of the sintir fills the air. There are cries of “Ifriqiya!” and “Kandisha!” The musicians call out the names of ...
On Friday, 7 August, Gnawa Diffusion entered the stage of the Roman amphitheatre in the beach town of Hammamet, Tunisia, amidst yells of adoration. Security officials were omnipresent in the arena.