Afro-Arab

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Afro-Arab
السود العرب
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Omar al-Bashir · Hassan Hakmoun · Raïs M'Bolhi · Bilal Ibn Rabah

Yacine Brahimi · Sheba "Bilqis" · Hatem Trabelsi · Majed Abdullah
Ahmed Dokhi · Sidi Abdullahi · Zeinab Badawi · Anwar Sadat
Zakaria Bergdich
Regions with significant populations
Swahili Coast, Sudan, Mauritania
Languages
Varieties of Arabic
Religion
Muslim
Related ethnic groups
Afro-Iranian, Al-Akhdam

Afro-Arabs are individuals and groups from Africa who are of partial Arab descent. Most Afro-Arabs inhabit the Swahili Coast in the African Great Lakes region as well as Sudan and Mauritania, although some can also be found in other parts of the Arab world.[1][2]

"Afro-Arab" may also refer to the African Union's efforts to improve cooperation between nations inside of Africa and the Arab world.[3]

Culture

In the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, descendants of people from the Swahili Coast perform traditional Liwa and Fann At-Tanbura music and dance.[4] The mizmar is also performed by Afro-Arabs in the Tihamah and Hejaz regions of Saudi Arabia.[citation needed]

In addition, Stambali of Tunisia and Gnawa music of Morocco are both ritual music and dances, which in part trace their origins to West African musical styles.

See also

References

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  3. Sarah Grainger, Uganda celebrates Afro-Arab unity, BBC News, March 13, 2008
  4. Poul Rovsing Olsen, "La Musique Africaine dans le Golfe Persique", Journal of the International Folk Music Council, Vol. 19, (1967), pp. 28-36

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