Morocco’s Gnawa musicians bring ancient songs to modern audiences | 60 Minutes
For centuries, Gnawa music was only played in secret ceremonies by enslaved Black Africans kidnapped from the deserts of western Africa and brought to Morocco during medieval times. Gnawa— an indigenous word for Black people —was both an oral history and an antidote to suffering.But the story doesn't end there. Gnawa continued its journey out into the Atlantic from the slave ports of Africa and landed in America, where it […]