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	Britain.tv Wikipedia - Mauritania
		Mauritania (Arabic: ÙÙØ±ÙØªØ§ÙÙØ© MÅ«rÄ«tÄniyyah), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a country in northwest Africa.
		Mauritania is generally flat, its 1,030,700 square kilometers (397,850 sq mi) forming vast, arid plains broken by occasional ridges and clifflike outcroppings.
		Mauritania and Madagascar are the only two countries in the world not to use decimal-based currency.
	www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=Mauritania (2379 words)

	Mauritania
		Its coast faces the Atlantic Ocean on the west, with Senegal on the south-west, Mali on the east and south-east, Algeria on the north-east, and the Moroccan-annexed territory of Western Sahara on the north-west.
		From the 3rd to 7th centuries, the migration of Berber tribes from North Africa displaced the Bafours, the original inhabitants of present-day Mauritania and the ancestors of the Soninke.
		Due to economic weakness, Mauritania has been a neglibile player in the territorial dispute, with its official position being that it wishes for an expedient solution that is mutually agreeable by all parties.
	creekin.net /n119-mauritania.html (1169 words)

	Mauritania Information Center - map of mauritania
		Its coast faces the Atlantic Ocean on the west, with Senegal pucushun instruments of mauritania on the south-west, Mali on the east and mauritania musical drums south-east, Algeria nouakchott, mauritania on the north-east, with the Moroccan-annexed territory of Western Sahara on the north-west.
		From the 3rd to 7th centuries, mauritania 8 the migration of Berber tribes from North Africa displaced the Bafours, the original inhabitants of present-day Mauritania and the ancestors of the Soninke.
		Mauritania is generally flat, its 1,030,700 square kilometers forming vast, arid plains broken by occasional ridges and clifflike outcroppings.
	www.scipeeps.com /Sci-Official_Languages_M_-_O/Mauritania.html (1747 words)

	Music of Mauritania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In modern Mauritania, professional musicians are paid by anybody to perform; affluent patrons sometimes record the entertainment, and they are then considered to own the recordings, instead of the musician.
		In spite of the rarity of female musicians in Mauritania, the most famous Moorish musician is a woman, Dimi Mint Abba.
		Dimi's parents were both musicians (her father had been asked to compose the Mauritanian national anthem), and she began playing at an early age.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Music_of_Mauritania (388 words)

	Moroccan music
		Andalusian music is characterised by a complicated musical structure.
		It is extremely complicated in musical structure, and its lyrics are characterised by the strict use of the Andalusian dialect or classical Arabic.
		The music of the Gnawa is a powerful mixture of religious Arabic songs and African rhythms, trance music tinged with mysticism.
	www.al-bab.com /maroc/cult/music.htm (1244 words)

	Mauritania - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Mauritania, officially Islamic Republic of Mauritania, republic, north-western Africa, bordered on the north by Western Sahara and Algeria, on the...
		Nouadhibou (formerly Port-Étienne), town in north-western Mauritania, administrative centre of Dakhlet-Nouadhibou Region, on the Atlantic Ocean....
		It is Mauritania's administrative and economic centre and...
	au.encarta.msn.com /Mauritania.html (82 words)

	Middle East Online
		Malouma comes from a family of story-telling "griots", those masters of music and word in West Africa, of whom her father is noted as one of the greats.
		Born in the Mederdra region in the southeast of the country, Malouma received a strong traditional musical education from her father, but turned toward a blues-impregnated style when she was 16.
		She sings in Hassania, Mauritania's Arabic-derived language, in melodies that evoke memories of the desert, the Senegal river.
	www.middle-east-online.com /english/mauritania/?id=8832 (557 words)

	Mauritania - Photos, Maps, Videos, Flags, Facts, More -- National Geographic
		Part of French West Africa until independence in 1960, Mauritania is influenced by Arab as well as African cultures.
		Crop growing is largely confined to the floodplain of the Sénégal River, straining relations with the country of Senegal over use of the river.
		Browse by region, country or genre and watch and listen to the latest world music videos and mp3s.
	www3.nationalgeographic.com /places/countries/country_mauritania.html (309 words)

	Dimi Mint Abba - Free Music Downloads, Videos, Lyrics, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links
		Dimi Mint Abba was born in Mauritania in 1958 to a family of musicians.
		Her mother was a percussionist, while her father had composed Mauritania's national anthem in 1960 after the country had obtained its independence from France.
		As a child she sung for her parents, and when she was ten her mother taught her to play the t'bol and the ardin, both of which are instruments traditionally..
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/music/artist/links/0,,395052,00.html (153 words)

	World Music Reviews from The Record Reviewer
		Most of the music on the Corason discs survives only by dint of the longevity of its performers, and when they pass on, its future is in question.
		Just as the music of Morocco's Gnawa people seems to hold the seeds of rock rhythms, the blues is unmistakable in the call and response singing plus weight-of-the-world lead vocals and dazzling string solos--Khalifa Ould on tidinit lute and Dimi Mint on ardin harp--which indeed recall Ali Farka's fiery fretwork.
		Despite the absence of amplification and the overriding sweetness, the music carries scant suggestions of rural life but carries something of the beat of the city, especially in the relentless urging of the clavé.
	members.tripod.com /therecordreviewer/SON.html (3461 words)

	WorldViews: The Music of Africa
		There is the traditional music of drums (perhaps the predominant musical reference point in the minds of Westerners); there is the modern or popular music of Mali's Ali Farka Tour e, Nigeria's King Sunny Ade and his African Beats, and South Africa's Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
		African Music: A Pan-African Annotated Bibliography (Lems-Dworkin 1991) is noteworthy for its coverage of music from the entire continent of Africa, including its islands, as well as of African-influenced music of the Western Hemisphere.
		In the Time of Cannibals: The Word Music of South Africa's Basotho Migrants (Coplan 1994) and A Song of Longing: An Ethiopian Journey (Shelemay 1994) are case studies of music in two distinct African environments, immigrant mine workers f rom Lesotho and the Falashas of Ethiopia.
	worldviews.igc.org /awpguide/music.html (1175 words)

	World Music Central - Mauritania's Malouma Presents Free African Rhythms & Arabic Lyrics Workshop in Boston
		She will highlight the tradition of the griots, traditional instruments in Mauritanian music, various African rhythms, Arabic lyrics and will conclude with a popular song followed by a question/answer period.
		Co-sponsors for this event are: The Institute for Near Eastern and African Studies (INEAS), a non-profit organization in Cambridge, MA; The Ensemble Department at Berklee College of Music; and Women’s History Month at Berklee.
		April 9- 8pm University Musical Society, Ann Arbor, MI April 11 Chicago Dept. Cultural Affairs, Chicago, IL April 15 Sommerville Theater, Cambridge, MA April 21 and 22 Festival Internationale de Louisiane, Lafayette, LA April 23 Symphony Space, NYC, NY [Photo of Malouma courtesy of Pirineos Sur festival in Spain].
	www.worldmusiccentral.org /article.php?story=2005032408573033 (308 words)

	Sacred Kurdish Tanbur Music of Iran
		The music of Kurdistan, little known in the US, will be performed by Ali Akbar Moradi, the greatest living master of the tanbur.
		The tanbur is a three-stringed long-necked plucked lute that is main instrument of Kurdistan.
		The Cultural World of Islam concert series, which is curated by World Music Institute, is part of the Islamic World Arts Initiative that includes concerts, poetry and prose readings, panel discussions, films and children’s programs from the Islamic world.
	www.parstimes.com /events/kurdish_music.html (418 words)

	BBC - Radio 3 - World Music - On Location Mauritania
		Andy Kershaw visits the Festival of Nomad Music in Mauritania, a country on the western fringe of the Sahara Desert that is rarely visited by international tourists or businessmen.
		Twenty years ago its people were 80% nomadic, but its society is now changing dramatically, and is starting to open up to the world.
		Andy encounters an extraordinarily rich musical culture, both at the festival and beyond, with world-class musicians that the world hasn't yet discovered.
	www.bbc.co.uk /radio3/worldmusic/onlocation/mauritania.shtml (97 words)

	The Country & People of Mauritania
		Settled by Berbers in the 1st millennium AD, the region was the center of the ancient empire of Ghana (700—1200) and later became part of the empire of Mali (14th—15th cent.).
		France gained control of S Mauritania in the mid-19th cent., declared a protectorate over the region in 1903, and made it a separate colony in French West Africa in 1920; however, little was done to develop the economy.
		Mauritania and the IMF Position in the fund, reports....
	www.hejleh.com /countries/mauritania.html (1995 words)

	madnomad.com \| Music - resources
		Much of the music included in the local level series is unavailable outside of the country of origin and thus inclusion in the series offers a unique opportunity for the music to reach a wider audience.
		Her "Music and Songs of Mauritania" (1992) is generally available.
		While Keita was born to a family of nobility and went against his parent's wishes to become a musician, Koita was born to a Jali family in which music was an accepted form of expression.
	www.madnomad.com /music/resources.cfm (2438 words)

	Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Mauritania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		A swarm of locusts measuring eight square kilometres (three square miles) was reported in Mauritania, where a devastating locust invasion ravaged farmland in 2004.
		The goal of the march was twofold: to raise awareness about the human rights abuses that continue in Mauritania today, and to announce FLAM's decision to file suit against the former Mauritanian President, Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya,...
		In response to the coup and in keeping with their own rules, the African Union suspended Mauritania from all organizational activities.
	www.blinkbits.com /blinks/mauritania (2059 words)

	World Music
		In this course we will be exploring music and dance in cross-cultural perspective, taking primarily an areas-studies approach but also incorporating broad thematic issues.
		The concept of music, and the role it plays in people’s lives, will be examined through a variety of traditions and contemporary expressions.
		No previous musical training is required, but you will be asked to master basic musical concepts and structural principles (e.g., distinguish melody, rhythm, texture, form, follow elementary music notation which will be taught in class).
	www.trincoll.edu /prog/cli/models/world_music.htm (1855 words)

	Africa VARIOUS ARTISTS World Music at Global Rhythm - The Destination for World Music
		The recordings were made in nomad tents and contain coughs, splutters and other extraneous sounds, but the music captured is nonetheless striking: the voices vary from an unearthly sweetness of girls singing together to male voices colored with the roughness of the desert terrain.
		Instrumentation comes from the ardin, a Saharan harp and the tidinit, a four string lute, held in time by the rough knocking of the tâbol kettle drum.
		This is difficult, raw music, not for the casual listenerâ”and which may consequently struggle to find an audienceâ”but it is unarguably fascinating.
	www.globalrhythm.net /print.cfm?rubricarticleid=1591 (177 words)

	Jaik Willis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Jaik is an educated musician, having trained at Berklee College of music in Boston, Illinois and California State Universities' music departments, and in Hollywood's Musician's Institute as their youngest student when he was 16 years-old.
		After studying jazz and Euro- classical music, Jaik received an ethno-musicology/ anthropology degree with a thesis on microtonal guitar music from Mauritania.
		Jaik wrote and produced all of the material for both of his independently recorded CDs; performing on vocals, guitars, bass, ukulele, charango, didgeridoo, harmonica, laser printer, and various percussion instruments ranging from congas to tablas to household objects.
	www.chicagomusicguide.com /willis.htm (378 words)

	Arab music - by country
		Ramsay Short on an event at Beirut's most famous music club, Daily Star, 16 April, 2005.
		Globalised rap music may have lost its bite, but in the Middle East it's giving voice to both sides in the conflict.
		Recent recordings of traditional music from the Arabian Gulf and Saudi Arabia
	www.al-bab.com /arab/music/countries.htm (257 words)

	MIT Music Library News Fall '94
		[Kyoto Imperial Court Music Orchestra] Lyrichord LYRCD 7126 PhonCD F As41 J271 b The gamelan music of Bali.
		Selections] Clausulae for violin and piano; Sonata for clarinet in Bb and piano; Temple music for violin and piano.
		The voice of tradition: vocal music from North India.
	libraries.mit.edu /music/news/994/discs.html (1808 words)

	The Music Library at The University of South Carolina
		The USC Music Library has a large collection of monographs and sound recordings relating to the music of West Africa.
		Charry, Eric S. Mande Music: Traditional and Modern Music of the Maninka and Mandinka of Western Africa.
		Stone, Ruth M. Let the Inside Be Sweet: The Interpretation of Music Event Among the Kpelle of Liberia.
	www.sc.edu /library/music/west_africa.html (487 words)

	WhosWho Chicago: Jaik Willis : CenterstageChicago.com - Chicago City Life in Chicago, Illinois
		Jaik Willis is powerful performer based in the Chicago area, relocating back to Illinois after a year and a half of non-stop touring around the US.
		Jaik’s 4-octave voice stretches out in vocal solos and scatting over his high-energy acoustic guitar work on original songs that are accessible and lyrically intriguing.
		Jaik Willis is an educated musician, having trained at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Illinois and California State Universities' music departments, and in Hollywood's Musician's Institute as their youngest student when he was 16 years-old.
	www.centerstagechicago.com /music/whoswho/JaikWillis.html (271 words)

	Artists in Mauritania - Free Music Downloads - MP3 Downloads - Download.com Music
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	music.download.com /3605-8359_32-0.html?country=Mauritania (105 words)

	Khalifa Ould Eide : Moorish Music from Mauritania - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Khalifa Ould Eide : Moorish Music from Mauritania
		Mauritanian music has been unavailable for so long, this would be an important release even if it were not also an absolutely gorgeous example of the enormously rich brew of Afro-Islamic nexus.
		The two women singers featured (the country's most famous) sing in a contemporary-traditional idiom like those of Fanta Sacko and other Malians.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,80756,00.html (165 words)

	Mauritania - culture, history, economy, trade, government, tourism, media
		Report It Background Note Mauritania Country profile, history, economy, government and political conditions
		Report It Matamoulana Profile and history of a small village near Nouakchott in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
		Report It Mauritania Basic Facts Political system, history, geography, Ethnology and key data by the Embassy of Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Washington, DC
	www.arab.de /arab/Arab_Countries/Mauritania (220 words)

	The Huge Entity: Forum - Music Absorbtion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		I am on the hunt for more orchestral based music, if possible with a modern Avantgarde edge.
		His music is often seriously avantgarde and, as such, inaccessible to the extreme.
		I loved 'Music Romance' (One & Two), and 'The Big Gundown'.
	www.huge-entity.com /forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=79 (727 words)

	Music CDs by genre Mauritania \| The best music cds at 321-music.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Hier you will find the music cds you're looking for, including rock, pop, jazz, folk, country and classical.
		Please note that your order will take an additional 3 to 5 days to ship.
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