Gnawa Diffusion
Best known for their blend of religious Maghrebi music with reggae and roots
music, Gnawa Diffusion is a project led by Algerian singer-songwriter Amazigh
Kateb. Born on September 16, 1972, in Staouéli, Algeria, he is the son of writer
and poet Kateb Yacine, often regarded as the father of modern Algerian
literature. After emigrating to France in 1988, he began shaping up the project
that would later become Gnawa Diffusion, a Grenoble-based eclectic musical
collective that paid tribute to traditional Moroccan and Algerian music,
conveying their politically conscious message in Ar...
