Hey everyone, Any of you guys been introduced to my friends the gnawa yet? They are this really kool group in morocco, that are like africas equivilent to Rastas. heres a link or two: http://www.festival-gnaoua.co.ma/eng/gnawa.cfm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnawa Peace and Love
thanks for introducing me, though i didnt see any of their women ? i hope there not oppressed by paricentric cultures. i hope they survive globalisation and the rot of the free market economy. have a good day. peace and love xxx
actually, Africa's equivilent to Rastas are Rastas Rastafari originates from Ethiopia, it's biggest in Jamacia now-a-days but it still has a pan-african following Much as the gnawa are a culturally addapted manifestation of Islam, Rastafari has it's roots in Christianity. But this is really just the tip of the iceburg, there are a mryiad of such religions in Africa, more often then not the result of a mixing betweem traditional animistic beliefs with either the cristian or islamic faith.
