1. Gnawa music, traditional Moroccan ritual music has become widely popular and is now played in cafes, nightclubs and at festivals. In this book Christopher Witulski looks at how this ritual music has been transformed by its popularity. 2. Witulski's research gives readers and researchers a look at the personal side of these changes, telling the stories of Gnawa musicians, their friends, their audiences and the places where they play. He looks at how musicians and religion have responded to these dynamics and questions ...
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1. Gnawa music, traditional Moroccan ritual music has become widely popular and is now played in cafes, nightclubs and at festivals. In this book Christopher Witulski looks at how this ritual music has been transformed by its popularity. 2. Witulski's research gives readers and researchers a look at the personal side of these changes, telling the stories of Gnawa musicians, their friends, their audiences and the places where they play. He looks at how musicians and religion have responded to these dynamics and questions about how music reflects Africanness, Islamic piety, and religious competence. 3. Gnawa music has a wide scholarly appeal - it is of great interest to ethnomusicologists of the Middle East and North Africa. It is increasingly gaining global interest as well.
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