Sahrawi Music isn’t easy on Western ears. The microtonality of the melodies is unfamiliar, the rhythms are complicated and repetitive, the instrumentation is harsh, and the wailing vocal lines are ...

It can be hard to tell: Moroccan authorities crack down on displays of Sahrawi nationalism. Even speaking the Sahrawi Hassaniya dialect can get you in trouble. So, for pro-independence residents ...

that celebrates what Sahrawi people are about, through film, through music and through community. AMY GOODMAN: I wanted you to talk about the significance also of what we’re about to play.