Brahim, Aziza

Sahari

On the front cover of Aziza Brahim's 2019 album, 'Sahari,' a young girl poses in ballet shoes and a glistening white tutu. It's a common childhood scene, but it's tipped upside down. She's not privileged and the backdrop isn't a comfortable suburban home. She's an exile, living nowhere near her homeland, and behind her stand the tents and buildings of a refugee camp. There's a desert on the ground and a burning sky above. Yet even in this bleakness, she has optimism. She believes in a better future. The music Aziza Brahim makes reflects both the sorrow and the hope of these people. She grew up in one of those camps in the Algerian desert, along with thousands of other Sahrawi who were removed from their homes in the Western Sahara. The refugee camp was the place that formed her. It lives in her every heartbeat.

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LP - 1 disk
Release date
15-11-2019
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542454
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4030433608319
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Exp. 15-11-2019
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