Nawal
Nawal is a musician from Comoros whose music draws on traditional Comorian influences and incorporates sounds from African and Arabic culture.
Nawal
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- Nawal (musician)
- Born
- {1965}
- Birthplace
- Comoros
- Occupation
- Musician
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Nawal is a musician from Comoros whose music draws on traditional Comorian influences and incorporates sounds from African and Arabic culture.
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• Name — Nawal (musician) • Born — {1965} • Birthplace — Comoros • Occupation — Musician
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Born into a musical family, she grew up with such sounds as dhikr (Sufi chanting) in mosques, twarab music, and popular music from the radio airwaves. She mixes Comorian rhythms with bantu polyphony, Indo-Arabian-Persian sounds and Sufi chanting into an acoustic roots-based fusion. She plays many instruments, including the guitar and qanbūs. She sings in Comorian, Arabic, French and English.
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1965
Nawal born at Comoros.
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• 2001: Kweli • 2007: Aman
Nawal (Komoren) beim Klangkosmos - Weltmusik in NRW am 17.02.2017 in der Kulturfabrik Hangar 21, Detmold (Germany). Nawal – Gesang, Gambusi, Gitarre, Daf, Mbira
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