Hidden in a winding alley in Tangier’s Kasbah sits an important landmark for Morocco, and one which has become a pilgrimage ...

Most people have never heard of Gnawa. Originally you weren't supposed to. For centuries, the music was only played in secret ceremonies by enslaved Black Africans brought to Morocco. Gnawa—an ...

Artists from Egypt, Palestine, Syria, and Morocco will perform at the Le Guess Who? international music festival in the ...

A dancer whips her hair and lifts and drops her chest as the thwacking bass sound of the sintir fills the air. There are cries of “Ifriqiya!” and “Kandisha!” The musicians call out the names of ...

Bill Whitaker is an award-winning journalist and 60 Minutes correspondent who has covered major news stories, domestically and across the globe, for more than four decades with CBS News. For centuries ...

In the Moroccan souks of Fez and Marrakesh, Gnawa musicians gather in the middle of the night and play sintirs (long-necked lutes), garagab (metal castanets) and other instruments that create ...

Gnawa music is a Moroccan spiritual musical tradition developed by descendants of enslaved people from sub-Saharan Africa. Combining ritual poetry with traditional music and dance, the Gnawa master is ...

Gnawa culture, a centuries-old Moroccan practice rooted in music, African rituals, and Sufi traditions, was on Thursday added to UNESCO’s list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Gnawa refers ...