Aziza Brahim’s homeland of Western Sahara is listed by the UN as the last remaining colony in Africa. Under Spanish control until 1976, the territory was then annexed by Morocco and has been under ...

Translated from the orginal Arabic, two lines she sung were: "The only one who seeks war, is one who has never known it". These simple yet profound words come from "Cuatro Proverbios", the opening ...

Although the Middle East commands most attention, there are refugees across the deserts of West Africa as well. Aziza Brahim is from Western Sahara, whose people are strung out across the Hamada, the ...

It’s no small thing to be deemed the voice of a people, but it’s something which happens to Aziza Brahim all the time. In the mid-Seventies, her pregnant mother fled the Moroccan occupation of Western ...

As with most children, the first instrument Aziza Brahim learned to play were the palms of her own hands, clapping and beating out a rhythm that came naturally to her. Next came a rudimentary version ...

Graeme Green speaks to the celebrated musician about how the Sahrawi struggle for independence has permeated her work. ‘Music has always been a form of protection,’ says Aziza Brahim. ‘In my childhood ...

Aziza Brahim ni umuririmbyi ukiri muto wavukiye kandi agakuririra mu majyepfo y'uburengerazuba bwa Algeria mu nkambi z'impunzi zo mu ntara ya Sahara y'uburengerazuba. Kubera ijwi rye ryiza cyane, ubu ...

International Women's Day is a day to celebrate how much women have accomplished and to remember that gender equality is still a ways away. It's a day to cherish and honor ladies who rock. So what ...

Translated from the orginal Arabic, two lines she sung were: "The only one who seeks war, is one who has never known it". These simple yet profound words come from "Cuatro Proverbios", the opening ...