These images were taken 20 years ago in the province of Essaouira, Morocco. We were settled in a zaouïa, a sacred place where the tomb of a saint rested, for a recording of Gnaoua music. It was a ...

The Gnaoua Festival Tour 2017 stopped in D.C. on the night of Mar. 18 for a much-awaited performance at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Before the show, Hicham El Kebbaj, the artistic ...

Also known as "tagnaouite", it gained worldwide recognition after it was listed by UNESCO as intangible cultural heritage in 2019. "Why shouldn't women be part of this dynamic?" asked Asma Hamzaoui at ...

Essaouira – After a long break due to the Covid pandemic, the Gnaoua festival returns in its usual format to the port city of Essaouira, in western Morocco. RFI met festival producer Neila Tazi. The ...

On a wintery night in The Hague, the opening ceremony of the 2nd edition of the Gnaoua Festival commences at the Paard venue, located slap-bang in the city centre. Performing this evening is Maalema ...

The 21st annual Gnaoua World Music Festival has again taken place in the otherwise sleepy fishing port of Essaouira on Morocco’s Atlantic coast, attracting almost half a million visitors to the North ...

The internationally renowned festival in Morocco fused together a range of genres including Gnaoua music - an ancient African Islamic repertoire of songs and rhythms. Morocco's 22nd edition of the ...

ESSAOUIRA - Young Moroccan women are bringing new and inclusive energy to the centuries-old art of Gnaoua, a spiritual musical repertoire traditionally reserved for men. Also known as "tagnaouite", it ...