Greetings again.
"Waiting for G'naouat", 'Waiting for The Gnawas'. Nice title donchy'all think? I know, I know... it's been ages and so long overdue to present the Gnawa post, but really for me 'ere it's also been one hectically busy week after another, and I couldn't make even half of it till now.
Do remain cheerful, nonetheless, because by the weekend I'm going to finish most of it, hopefully. Some parts will have to be put in the back-burner, too. This is not an easy post to write lemme tell ya: the amount of information in it is beyond enormous and every word is being given so much care in writing it.
In the meantime, I hope you can enjoy Tim Abdellah's latest post here where you can find a downloadable Essaouria Gnawa Festival CD (Note: His posts are mostly tape cassettes, by the way). Also, hop right into A.T.A. (Awesome Tapes from Africa) and ogle the oodles of new Moroccan music cassettes that atta-boy, Brian Shimkovitz has got for us there.
As for these in-between picture-posts, this one here will be the last before the Gnawa main one. 'Kays, right unda you can find some of the rarest, and oldest postcards and pictures of gnawa musicians and yes, again more female tambourine players. Needless to say that there will be a ton more in the coming post!
I gotta slide now. 'Njoy.
Woosh!
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Gnawa Musicians
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| A comic painting of a guembri player. Artist Unknown. |
Gnawa Player. Comic pose.
(Autochrome).
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| Musicien Nègre. |
Rifi (top), Karakeb Player (mid)
Guembri player. Getty Archives.
Gnawa Fiddler, Photographs by J. Geiser.
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Musicien Nègre/ Algerian T'bal Player
1880s, Tupper Scrapbooks Collection. |
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| Bou Saadia. |
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| Salem, Negro Danseur. |
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| Musicien Nigre. |
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Nègro Mendiant.
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| Musicien Ambulant. |
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| Musicien Comique Arabe. |
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| Dansuer Nègre. |
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| Tambour de Sonnettes. |
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| Musicien Morocain. |
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| Musician Soudanias - Un Saint/ Sherift. |
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| Négro Musicien. |
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| Papa Bobo. |
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| Oran - Hajhouj Player. |
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| Marocain Jouvant Le Guembri. |
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| Musicien Nègre. |
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| Musiciens Nègres. |
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| Musiciens Nègres. |
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Dansuer Soudanais.
Gnawa Musicians.
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| Types Marocain. |
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| A collection of comic postcards. |
Musiciens Nègres.
(Autochrome).
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| Un Type Arabe. |
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Musicien Maure. Getty Archives.
1870s. |
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| Musicien Kabyle. |
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| Musicien Arabe Ambulant. |
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| Un Négro. |
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| Oran - Type de Mendiant. |
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| Musiciens Nègres. |
Un Musicien. Qaraqeb Player.
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| Mendiant Musicien. |
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| Musicien Nègre. |
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| Gnawa band. |
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Biskra - Musique de Négres.
(Steroescope). |
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| Back-side of postcards. |
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| Les Dansuers G'naoua. Painting. |
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| Jeune Fille Arabe. Postcard. |
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| Fille Arabe. Postcard. |
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| Indigènes Tunisiennes. Postcard. |
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| Mauresque. Postcard. |
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| Une Jolie Mauresque. Postcard. |
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| Danseuses Arabes. Lehnert & Landrock 1910 - 1920. |
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Dancing Girls In The Harem, 1901. Underwood & Underwood.
(Stereoview). |
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Moorish Maiden.
Photograph, 1890s Getty Archives. |
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Danse Les Almées.
Photograph by, Alexandre Le Roux. |
Women with A Tambourine: two Heliogravures by Louis Le Loir.
(Below) Musiciens Arabes. A Postal Card.
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| Tambourine Girl - 19th Century Middle Eastern Harem-Girl. |
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Bonus Pictures
Coming Soon!
H.H.
