Mabruk (album) explained

Mabruk
Type:studio
Artist:Aziza Brahim
Cover:Aziza Brahim- Mabruk.jpg
Released:11 June 2012
Genre:Sahrawi music, Folk, World
Length:60:56
Label:Reaktion
Producer:Aziza Brahim
Prev Title:O.S.T. Wilaya
Prev Year:2011

Mabruk is the first LP of Sahrawi singer Aziza Brahim, after her 2008 EP Mi Canto. The album is accompanied by a 16-page booklet which includes French translation of the songs, and a text by Sahrawi writer Bahia Mahmud Awah on the history of their people.[1] It was elected as 2012 World Music Album of the Year by the Dutch magazine Heaven.[2]

Notes and References

  1. https://archive.today/20130124195441/http://www.groovalizacion.com/article4853.html?lang=en Aziza Brahim :: Mabruk
  2. News: Aziza Brahim, indrukwekkende woestijnvrouw. Kees Van Wee. Heaven magazine. 8 December 2012. 9 December 2012. nl.