Dessert Sessions

[oba hiloowlow]

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Imagine chewing in the dessert and listening to this ahla mirqaan

[Taleexi]

Good Qaraami ... resemblance of our version .... wonder if there is a historical connection between us.

[oba hiloowlow]

Indeed taleexi,, lol i don't think so.

 

another one

 

 

[Reeyo]

The beginning of that video is beautiful.

[Alpha Blondy]

Reeyo;913914 wrote:

The beginning of that video is

beautiful

.

beautiful? how?

[Alpha Blondy]

Alpha Blondy;913916 wrote:

beautiful? how?

the term 'world music' is a rather ridiculous term and a seemingly easy mistake of classification that is often made. naming an entire works of arts and subsuming it under a broad term like 'world music' is a great insult to the culture, traditions and heritage of the people of the global south. the 'world music' genre is, I think an attempt to encapsulate music from various places around the world and as though everything is directly contra-distinct to western music - music from more 'traditional sources’ and particularly those from the lesser nodes of global networked society is 'othered', and collectively grouped together.... despite their apparent diversity and the richness they offer. surely, ‘world music’, is place-specific and unique to its places of origin?

 

‘world music’ musicians have been commodified as objects of desire that puts western audiences within touching distance of exotic far-flung places, how voyeuristic! similarly, it caters to the 'cultured' nouveau riche-gentrified-intelligentsia classes, who have proliferated in the last 15 to 20 years. this vicious contraction of sorts restricts plurality and choice and evidently show us how the patronising foggy 'tokenism' of the west has reduced the cultural value of these works of art. furthermore, the paternalism of the overarching white cultural superstructure seeks to provide a controlled pedestal to these ‘smaller’ and ‘seldom heard voices’ to western audiences but also severely promotes and indeed propagates the mainstream western music industry's manufactured BS to far flung corners of the world. in nigeria and kenyan and across the continent, ethnic works of arts are being replaced by MTV induced BS of the type we're constantly inundated with by the mediums of music in today's 21st century social network age.

 

i suppose, the superior western production, marketing and distribution system, will always eclipse ‘world music’ and 'world music' musician's meagre streams of opportunities but the sad reality is; the western cultural imperialist superstructure will continue to dominate music of the world by its already devastating cultural hegemony regime, and indeed will continue to subsume other cultures under this 'globalisation façade'. it appears the farther a countries is from western centres of cultural gravity, the more it’s been 'ethnicised' for consumption. music must always be considered in terms of place of origin and no matter how 'cultured' one might be, one must understand there will always be barriers of entry into other cultures. westerners seek to have insights into other cultures through the arts and by listening to the world music of that particular country. and yet conscious cultural critics like myself appreciate and wholly understand; it doesn't make you more familiar with the said culture, it just means you like listening to the music of that country and nothing else.

[oba hiloowlow]

show inanku kaligii buu isla hadliyaa

[oba hiloowlow]

Interesting fact about Tinariwen

 

 

[Alpha Blondy]

oba....please close this thread. its highly offensive.

[oba hiloowlow]

kkkkk why?

[Reeyo]

Alpha Blondy;913916 wrote:

beautiful? how?

Must you rant about nothing?

 

I said beautiful and it's subjective. The nature and camera angles were interesting. Watch it.

[Alpha Blondy]

^ stop exoticising these cultures from afar with your conferments.

[xabad]

your carrying a big chip on your shoulders. Have self esteem and confidence in yourself and culture, and leave what others say or think about you.

[QansaxMeygaag]

oba hiloowlow;913907 wrote:

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Imagine chewing in the dessert and listening to this ahla mirqaan

Ab fab! Is that Saado Ali Warsame in red posing as a Tuareg woman. Lol

[QansaxMeygaag]

Alpha Blondy;913924 wrote:

the term 'world music' is a rather ridiculous term and a seemingly easy mistake of classification that is often made. naming an entire works of arts and subsuming it under a broad term like 'world music' is a great insult to the culture, traditions and heritage of the people of the global south. the 'world music' genre is, I think an attempt to encapsulate music from various places around the world and as though everything is directly contra-distinct to western music - music from more 'traditional sources’ and particularly those from the lesser nodes of global networked society is 'othered', and collectively grouped together.... despite their apparent diversity and the richness they offer. surely, ‘world music’, is place-specific and unique to its places of origin?

 

‘world music’ musicians have been commodified as objects of desire that puts western audiences within touching distance of exotic far-flung places, how voyeuristic! similarly, it caters to the 'cultured' nouveau riche-gentrified-intelligentsia classes, who have proliferated in the last 15 to 20 years. this vicious contraction of sorts restricts plurality and choice and evidently show us how the patronising foggy 'tokenism' of the west has reduced the cultural value of these works of art. furthermore, the paternalism of the overarching white cultural superstructure seeks to provide a controlled pedestal to these ‘smaller’ and ‘seldom heard voices’ to western audiences but also severely promotes and indeed propagates the mainstream western music industry's manufactured BS to far flung corners of the world. in nigeria and kenyan and across the continent, ethnic works of arts are being replaced by MTV induced BS of the type we're constantly inundated with by the mediums of music in today's 21st century social network age.

 

i suppose, the superior western production, marketing and distribution system, will always eclipse ‘world music’ and 'world music' musician's meagre streams of opportunities but the sad reality is; the western cultural imperialist superstructure will continue to dominate music of the world by its already devastating cultural hegemony regime, and indeed will continue to subsume other cultures under this 'globalisation façade'. it appears the farther a countries is from western centres of cultural gravity, the more it’s been 'ethnicised' for consumption. music must always be considered in terms of place of origin and no matter how 'cultured' one might be, one must understand there will always be barriers of entry into other cultures. westerners seek to have insights into other cultures through the arts and by listening to the world music of that particular country. and yet conscious cultural critics like myself appreciate and wholly understand; it doesn't make you more familiar with the said culture, it just means you like listening to the music of that country and nothing else.

A young Edward Said in the making; I see you are writing your own version of Orientalism and have spent a great deal of time in the lecture halls of "subaltern studies" - you rock man, tell them!

 

This "othering" of non-reer galbeed peoples and taking the west as the Sun around which the planets (like us less-worthies) revolve is nothing short of dressed up racist BS.

 

It is not an issue of self-esteem, it is calling a camel with bad breath by its name - an ugly and revolting beast.