IVORY COAST
SENEGAL
BURKINA FASO
AMERICAN FOLKLIFE CENTRE 1960/001
...recordings from a 1959 four-month field project capturing vocal and instrumental (including dances and dance ceremonies) ... collected in 23 villages, towns and cities along the Mediterranean and Atlantic Coasts, in the Sahara to Segangan in the Rif country and inland through the middle and grand atlas. Berber and Arab music predominates, there are traces of the antique Andalusian style. Note too the Essaouira Jewish music and rare zama reed instrument. Paul Bowles is the author of "The Rif, to Music." in "Their heads are green and their hands are blue." RANDOM HOUSE 1957
SOCIAL GEOGAPHICAL :
Tanger Med Port ; Foreign Aid in Morocco (INDH Spain) ; Women's Empowerment Essaouira ; Mediterranean and Atlantic : Tarfaya Tangier Andalucia :
SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS : "Alternative energy (winfarms, solar, hemp)" ; Landscaping for Human Development (Public Space and Public Art in Developing Morocco) ; Wine making in Morocco
CULTURAL HERITAGE
1. Boulevard Festival Arts News / Music News / Music feature: Pop in Maroc Casablanca
2. Essaouira Festival Arts News / Travel feature / Music feature: Morocan/ World Music Essaouira
3. Andalusican Music music feature Rif / Tanger / tetouan / Ksar Kbir / JouJouka / Sevilla / Grnada
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