Showing posts with label Akhdam. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Akhdam. Show all posts

Thursday, October 3, 2013

The Afro-Arabian Crossroad-Music of the Tihama on the Red Sea



 Tibbal music from the Tihama coastal plain of the Yemen on the Red Sea
-recordings by Anderson Bakewell -
an African-Arabian  blend of   lyres, reeds and virtuosic drumming,
performed by members of the Akhdam, or better  "Al Muhamasheen" the marginalized ones,
the outcast group that has a certain reputation for sorcery,among others...


 you can read further, this article  in english and this in french,
about the social exclusion of the Akhdam