Abazar Hamid - Supporting Culture in the Face of Injustice {World Policy Blog #1}

Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Abazar Hamid has a song hoping for peace in Darfur and a song with visions of a new Sudan—two subjects that the government won’t allow on the radio. Only his most innocuous tunes about love are allowed in public. All Hamid wants to do is reverse the deadly effects Hakama, the traditional Arab singers more locally known as the Janjaweed women, have on communities and on the conflict in Sudan. While Hamid sings about peace and love, Hakama singers go on about killing, raping and pillaging ethnic Africans.

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Abazar Hamid - Supporting Culture in the Face of Injustice {World Policy Blog #1}