Gnawa
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The Gnawa are an ethnic minority inhabiting southern Morocco, who had been brought to Morocco as slaves from West Africa’s Sahel.
A Gnawi
Gnaouas from Oran with their guembri.
Gnaoua in a North African Interior
Gnawa from Algiers with his guembri (circa 1906) by Jean Geiser (1848-1923).
Sahel
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The Sahel region, or Sahelian acacia savanna, is a biogeographical region in Africa. It is the transition zone between the more humid Sudanian savannas to its south and the drier Sahara to the north.
Gnawa
…Gnawi'; Arabic: ڭناوة, romanized: Gnāwa) are an ethnic minority inhabiting southern Morocco, who had been brought to Morocco as slaves from West Africa’s Sahel. The name Gnawa originated in the indigenous languages of North Africa and the Sahara Desert. The phonology of this term according to the grammatical…
Mud Mosque Bani Sahel Region Burkina Faso 02
Sahel Scene Dori Sahel Region Burkina Faso
The lush green of the Sahelian acacia savanna during the rainy summer season in Mali. Note the large baobab amongst the acacia.
Herders with livestock and azawakh dogs in the Sahel