Nawal (musician)

Nawal is a musician from Comoros whose music draws on traditional Comorian influences and incorporates sounds from African and Arabic culture.^[1]

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.^[2]

Discography

2001: Kweli
2007: Aman

References

^ Mitter, Siddhartha (22 June 2007). "Nawal's musical journey to liberation". Boston Globe. Retrieved 24 February 2009.
^ "Frank Bessem's Musiques d'Afrique / Comoros : Nawal". www.musiques-afrique.com.