Abstract
In this paper, I undertake a close reading of the output of Moroccan musical group Nas El Ghiwane, in order to explore how contemporary chaabi [popular] music has reinvented the literary language of Darija (a spoken form of Moroccan Arabic). Nas El Ghiwane was established in 1970 and is credited not only with revolutionising the aesthetics of Darija and pioneering a new genre of popular music (Ghiwanian song) but also with initiating a popular social and political movement towards freedom in the 1970s and 1980s, an era popularly known as ‘the years of lead’ and marked by brutal political oppression.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Oral Literary Worlds |
| Subtitle of host publication | Location, Transmission and Circulation |
| Editors | Francesca Orsini , Sara Marzagora |
| Publisher | open book |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-80511-314-0 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-80511-311-9 |
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| Publication status | Published - 31 Jan 2025 |