Afro-Arab (also African Arab)[when defined as?] refers to people of mixed Black African and genealogical Arab ancestral heritage, and/or to linguistically and culturally Arabized Black Africans.[1][better source needed] There are individuals and communities of Afro-Arabs in East Africa, West Africa, North Africa, the Near East and Western Europe.
"Afro-Arab" may also refer to the African Union's efforts to improve co-operation between African countries and those of the Arab world.[2]
[edit] Culture
In the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, descendants of Black Africans from Tanzania and Zanzibar perform Liwa and Fann At-Tanbura music and dance.[3][4] The mizmar is also performed by Afro-Arabs in the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia.
In addition, stambali of Tunisia and gnawa music of Morocco are both ritual music/dances in part trace their origins to West African musical styles.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Gustavo Benavides, M. W. Daly, Religion and Political Power, SUNY Press, 1989, 84.
- ^ Sarah Grainger, Uganda celebrates Afro-Arab unity, BBC News, March 13, 2008.
- ^ Africans in the Arabian Gulf, Afropop Worldwide.
- ^ Poul Rovsing Olsen, "La Musique Africaine dans le Golfe Persique", Journal of the International Folk Music Council, Vol. 19, (1967), pp. 28-36
[edit] External links
- Afro Arab/Middle Eastern Style: Book: Jumping the broom in Style
- "Black African and Arab intermarriage in East Africa" - a cited ColorQ.org essay
- "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.
- Africans in the Arabian Gulf, Afropop Worldwide
- 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].
- Men Around The Messenger, K.M. Khalid, Al-Azhar Administration, Al-Manar for Publishing Distribution Translation Est. (Pub. Date unavailable)
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