Afro-Arabs are individuals and groups from Africa who are of partial Arab descent. Most Afro-Arabs inhabit the Swahili Coast in the African Great Lakes region, although some can also be found in other parts of the Arab world .[1] [2]
In a political context, "Afro-Arab" may also refer to the African Union 's efforts to improve cooperation between nations inside of non-Arab Africa and the Arab World countries of West Asia (Arab Middle East) and Arab Africa.[3]
Culture [ edit ]
In the Arab states of the Persian Gulf , descendants of people from the Swahili Coast perform traditional Liwa and Fann At-Tanbura music and dance.[4] The mizmar is also performed by Afro-Arabs in the Tihamah and Hejaz regions of Saudi Arabia .[citation needed ]
In addition, Stambali of Tunisia and Gnawa music of Morocco are both ritual music and dances, which in part trace their origins to West African musical styles.
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ Romero, Patricia W. (1997). Lamu . Markus Wiener. p. 7. ISBN 1558761063 . Retrieved 25 November 2014 .
^ Gunnar M Ahmad Abdel Ghaffar Muhammad Chr Michelsens Institutt (2013). Sudan Divided: Continuing Conflict in a Contested State . Palgrave Macmillan. p. 90. ISBN 1137338245 . Retrieved 25 November 2014 .
^ Sarah Grainger, Uganda celebrates Afro-Arab unity , BBC News , March 13, 2008
^ Poul Rovsing Olsen, "La Musique Africaine dans le Golfe Persique", Journal of the International Folk Music Council, Vol. 19, (1967), pp. 28-36
External links [ edit ]
Arab Slave Trade Afo-Arab relations and the Arab Slave Trade
"Black Africans in (Arab) West Asia" - a cited ColorQ.org essay
Prof. Helmi Sharawy, Arab Culture and African Culture: ambiguous relations , paper extracted from the book The Dialogue between the Arab culture and other cultures' , Arab League , Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organisation (ALECSO), Tunis, 1999.
Resolution on Afro-arab Co-operation of The Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity, 23, February 23–28, 1987.
African Union/league of Arab States Inter-secretariat Consultative Meeting On Afro-arab Cooperation , Addis Ababa: 10–12 May 2005.
Maho M. Sebiane, « Le statut socio-économique de la pratique musicale aux Émirats arabes unis : la tradition du leiwah à Dubai », Chroniques yéménites, 14, 2007.[1] .
Afro-Arabian origins of the Early Yemenites and their Conquest and Settlement of Spain
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