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Empowering Saharawi Voices Through Music

Studio-Live is setting up projects in the Saharawi refugee camps in the hope of reshaping society through music and poetry.

Africa: Studio-Live - Empowering Saharawi Voices Through Music

Fahamu, 28 February 2013

Live Setting up a music project in the Saharawi refugee camps in south-west Algeria may not seem to some an obvious priority for a population that relies largely on humanitarian… Read more »

Setting up a music project in the Saharawi refugee camp.

Western Sahara: Saharawi Music and its Role in the Independence Struggle

Fahamu, 28 February 2013

Music and poetry have been key elements in Saharawi culture since nomadic times, when they were efficient ways of transmitting news and stories, providing entertainment and… Read more »
Western Sahara: The Life of a Saharawi Student

Fahamu, 28 February 2013

The Moroccan regime goes into appalling lengths to dehumanize Saharawi school children, even promoting drug use among them to break their resistance. But many of the children are… Read more »
Western Sahara: Do You Have Any Idea What Is 'Homeland' for a Refugee?

Fahamu, 28 February 2013

Many people may take for granted being the citizen of a free, sovereign nation. But for someone who was born in a refugee camp and has only heard about her occupied homeland, the… Read more »

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