Mahmoud Guinia
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Mahmoud Guinia was a Moroccan Gnawa musician, singer and guembri player, who was traditionally regarded as a Maâllem, i.e. master.
Maalem Mahmoud Guinia
Gnawa music
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Gnawa music is a body of Moroccan religious songs and rhythms. Emerging in the 16th and 17th centuries, Gnawa music developed through the cultural fusion of West Africans brought to Morocco, notably t
Mahmoud Guinia
…Mahmoud Guinia (Arabic: محمود ﯕينيا, and rarely ﯕنيا or کانية; also spelled Gania, Guinea or Khania; 1951 – 2 August 2015) was a Moroccan Gnawa musician, singer and guembri player, who was traditionally regarded as a Maâllem (معلم), i.e. master. He recorded for both domestic and foreign labels, and…
A gnawa street performer wearing traditional gnawi clothing in Rabat's Qasbat al-Widaya
Gnawa singer in Salé, Morocco
Mehdi Qamoum playing the Guembri
A 19th century Gnawa musician, painting by Austro-French Rudolf Ernst (1854–1932)