Nass El Ghiwane formed in Casablanca in the early 1970s and transformed Moroccan popular music with songs drawing on Gnawa, Sufi and folk traditions. Their poetic, socially conscious lyrics made them hugely popular across North Africa.
Forgiveness
Asake
Gratitude
Asake
Dem Dey
Burna Boy
Abantwana Bakho
Kabza De Small
B4 B4
Davido, FOLA & Mayorkun
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