Larbi Batma, Nass el-Ghiwane and Postcolonial Music in Morocco

by Lhoussain Simour

Overview

Established in 1971, Nass el-Ghiwane is a legendary musical group that transformed the Moroccan music scene in the last decades of the 20th century.

The charismatic founding member Larbi Batma (1948-1997) through his lyrics brought to light Moroccan folklore and obscure poetry. His autobiography Al-raḥīl, blurs the boundaries between fact and fiction and deals with social issues plaguing post-independence Morocco.

Providing a reading of Al-raḥīl, this book is the first in English to examine the work of Nass el-Ghiwane, as well as the emergence of al-Ūghniya al-Ghīwaniya as a musical genre and the social conditions that fostered its growth.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476625812
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	10/21/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	220
File size:	5 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Lhoussain Simour is an assistant professor of English and cultural studies at Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco. His research interests include cultural studies, colonial discourse analysis, and postcolonial literature.
Lhoussain Simour is an assistant professor of English and cultural studies at Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco. His research interests include cultural studies, colonial discourse analysis, and postcolonial literature.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Foreword by Alessandra Ciucci
Preface
Introduction
I. Disturbing the Canon: ­Non-Canonical Voices in Postcolonial Moroccan Writing
II. Narrating Marginality and ­Reinventing the Periphery: Larbi Batma’s Al-raḥīl (The Departure) between ­Self-Narration, Individual Agony and National Allegory
III. Euphonious Voice(s) from the Margin: Nass ­el-Ghiwane and the Making of Alternative Popular Music
Conclusion
Discography
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index