- Title
- Azawan: precolonial musical culture and Saharawi nationalism in the refugee camps of the Hamada Desert in Algeria
- Creator
- Amoros, Luis Gimenez
- Date Issued
- 2015
- Date
- 2015
- Type
- article
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/59710
- Identifier
- vital:27641
- Identifier
- http://dx.doi.org/10.21504/amj.v10i1.1225
- Description
- This article analyses Saharawi music as performed for the refugee community in the camps. I argue that the construction and evolution of Saharawi music in the camps is divided into two main areas: nationalism in relation to the decolonisation of Western Sahara, and maintenance of cultural values in Saharawi music found in the historical retention of the Haul modal system originating in precolonial Saharawi culture. Local audiences use the term Azawan to define the combination of nationalist sentiments and retention of their precolonial musical culture in Saharawi music.
- Format
- 20 pages
- Format
- Language
- English
- Relation
- African Music
- Relation
- GIMENEZ AMOROS, Luis. Azawan: precolonial musical culture and Saharawi nationalism in the refugee camps of the Hamada Desert in Algeria. African Music: Journal of the International Library of African Music, [S.l.], v. 10, n. 1, p. 31-51, 2015. ISSN 0065-4019. Available at:
- Relation
- African Music 10 vol. 31 51 2017 0065-4019
- Rights
- Rhodes University, International Library of African Music (ILAM)
- Rights
- Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License
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