Boujemaa Bouboul ( Morocco )

Master musician or "Malem" of the Gnawa tradition, Boujemaa Bouboul, hails from the ancient southern Moroccan town of Tarroudant .

Boujemaa is a hereditary Gnawa born into a musical family descended from slaves.

The Gnawa are the descendants of Sudanese slaves who were imported into Morocco around the 12th century by Arab traders to help build up the Arab empire.  Gnawa is the music of slavery and tells of their history.

Gnawa mystical brotherhoods exist to pass on this history. It is also the music of trance and healing and the Gnawa use their powers to cure sickness and exorcise bad spirits.

Boujemaa has been trained in the Gnawa arts by his father and by other malems and has been playing and performing since the age of 3.

He has recorded with Transglobal Underground, recently worked with Yuseff Islam [Cat Stevens].

Boujemaa's ambition is to bring Gnawa music to the UK and spread the teachings of Gnawa.

Boujemaa Bouboul - vocals, guimbri, cracabas. drum.

Support from up and coming your pianist, Denis Fernando, His music is evocative of Gershwin,Nyman, Debussy, and Max Richter, often with strong social motifs.

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Adm: ?12

Music: 7.30

Food and refreshments available (Della)

Bookings: [address removed]

St Ethelburga's Centre

78 Bishopsgate

London

EC2N 4AG

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