WESTERN SAHARA

Currently occupied by Morocco but actively fighting for independence. I would expect that these albums will be helping that fight by bringing the plight of the country to a wider audience.

This page was last updated on 20/5/24.

ARTIST	TITLE	NUMBER	FMT	PRICE
MARIEM HASSAN CON LEYOAD	SONGS OF THE SAHARAN WOMEN	INN1114-2	CD	£ 12.00
According to Jamie Renton of Froots the album is the rawest, dirtiest slice of blues he has heard in quite a while. Sounds like a pretty good description to me. Contributing alongside Mariem Hassan are singers Shueta, Jalihena Natu, Bouba Han, Hababa and Nayim Alal with music from the group Leyoad. BRAND NEW AND STILL SEALED.		1. ID CHAB 2. WADNA 4. WAJADU 5. YASAR GEIDU 6. BISMI ALLAH 7. EL WEIDA 8. ARAREIDA 9. YA ARABIA 10. NABI ANA 11. EL LEIL WANA O MULANA 12. SAHARA NEB GIJA

VARIOUS ARTISTS	SAHRAUIS - THE MUSIC OF THE WESTERN SAHARA ( 3 x CD )	INT3255-2	CDx3	£ 0.00
Three CD's and a 124 page book make up this set of Saharawi music, published by the Spanish label Nubenegra. The producers travelled to the Sahrawi refugee camps and spent 14 days with the artists to record CDs 1 & 2 of the compilation, with the aim of recording the finest musicians and singers of traditional Sahrawi music from the past and present. CD 1, entitled A Pesar De Las Heridas (Despite All Wounds) features Sahrawi women such as Mariem Hassan and Aziza Brahim singing Haul songs. On CD 2, entitled Sahara Mi Tierra (Sahara My Land), the lyrics are mostly interpreted by men, including guitarist Nayim Alal and Mahfoud Aliyen. CD 3, entitled Polisario Vencerá (Polisario Will Win), is a re-edition of a 1982 album by the Sahrawi band Chahid El Uali, which included such singers as Mariem Hassan, Teita Leibid, Mahfoud Aliyen and Hadhoum Abeid.		DISC 1 A PESAR DE LAS HERIDAS 1. DIOS MIO 2. A PESAR DE LAS HERIDAS 3. HIJOS DE LA REVOLUCION 4. NUESTROS OJOS 5. SE ALARGA LA NOCHE 6. ADAN Y NUESTRA MADRE EVA 7. RESISTIENDO 8. NANA 9. LA MILITANTE 10. LA SEPULTURA 11. DANZA DE SMARA 12. EL SAHARA ES UN TESORO 13. LA NOCHE DEL EXILIO 14. VICTORIA AL SENOR DE LA HUMANIDAD 15. BANI 16. LA TIERRA DERRAMA LAGRIMAS 17. EL JINETE 18. LO QUE ANHELO 19. CANCION DE LA INTIFADA 20. LLORA MI CORAZON 21. SALUDOS Y ADIOS DISC 2 SAHARA MI TIERRA 1. VIVA EL POLISARIO 2. MADRE NO LLORES POR MI 3. PLEGARIA 4. EL PROFETA 5. QUE IMPORTAN LAS PENAS 6. SAHARA TIERRA MIA 7. LUMAYA 8. CANTA CONMINGO 9. BLEIDA 10. SIN SECRETO 11. DIOS MIO 12. PALABRAS DEL PASADO 13. NOSTALGIA 14. AUCAR 15. VIEJOS RECUERDOS DISC 3 POLISARIO VENCERA 1. JAMAS 2. RASD 3. LUCHA DE MASAS 4. AAIUN 5. CREADOR DE GLORIAS 6. 20 DE MAYO 7. ESTE PUEBLO 8. UARGUEZIZ 9. LUALI 10. EJERCITO DE LIBERACION

VARIOUS ARTISTS	STARRY NIGHTS IN WESTERN SAHARA	ROUCD5079	CD	£ 0.00
As the blurb on the CD says Haunting, evocative and inspirational, the extraordinary voices heard on Starry Nights in Western Sahara tell the story of the Saharawis. Straddling tradition and inovation, the songs embody the sentiments and experiences of an entire people, a dispossessed nation, longing to return to a free and independent Western Sahara.