Edited by Azizi Powell
This is Part I of a two part series on the esteemed Mauritanian musician Hamadi Ould Nana.
Part I showcases a video of Hamadi Ould Nana. Part I also provides information about the Mauritanian music and the guetna (harvest season) in Mauritania. The word "guetna" happened to be included in the summary to that showcased video.
Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/03/hamadi-ould-nana-and-meaning-of-word.html for Part II of this series. Part II showcases another video of Hamadi Ould Nana and provides information about the word "mahboula" that happened to be included in the title of that showcased video.
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Hamadi Ould Nana for his musical legacy. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.
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EXCERPT FROM A POST ABOUT MAURITANIAN MUSIC WHICH MENTIONS HAMADI OULD NANA
From http://blogs.voanews.com/music-time-in-africa/2008/01/23/the-music-of-mauritania-part-one/
The music of Mauritania, Part One. by Matthew Lavoie, Posted January 23rd, 2008
"The Islamic Republic of Mauritania is where West Africa and the Maghreb meet- a huge, sparsely populated, country-stretching between Morocco and Senegal, Mali and the Atlantic ocean. The country’s name comes from its dominant ethnic group, the Moors (Maures in French), and it is their nomadic traditions and culture that give Mauritania its unique character. The Moors, or Beydane (as they call themselves), are very proud of their music. One of the country’s great music aficionados used to tell me, “music is the only thing we have ever taken the time to develop”
Nouakchott, the capital city, is home to the majority of the country’s most talented musicians. Moorish music can be roughly divided into ‘folk’ music and ‘classical’ music; the first category consists of lullabies, work songs, game songs, courting songs, shepherd songs, and religious praise ‘songs’, and the second the music of the Iggawen, or griots. Mauritania has no music industry; there are no nightclubs or record labels, there are no publications devoted to music, Moorish musicians rarely give public ‘concerts’, and the first professional studio in the country opened in 2003. The iggawen, much as they did a century ago, perform primarily at weddings and private recitals. And although (like Wolof, Manding, Pulaar, and Soninke griots) they often sing praise songs, they are above all appreciated for the aesthetic refinement of their poetic and musical skills.
One of the easiest points of entry is Jakwar, a style of music that was created in 1976 by Jheich ould Abba, a blind musician from Atar, in Northern Mauritania. Named after the fast French fighter jets that often flew over northern Mauritania during the Saharan war, Jakwar is dance music. Jheich amplified his tidinit (the traditional lute) and brought the rhythmic drive of folk music to classical Moorish melodies. This next track (like virtually all recordings available in Mauritania) is a cassette-dub of a private recording that was sponsored by one of Jheich’s patrons. The quality leaves much to be desired but his music comes through. Stick with it.
Today, Jheich’s musical legacy is kept alive by his son Idoumou ould Jheich ould Abba. He is the only one of his Jheich’s five sons to have learned the tidinit, and is today one of Nouakchott’s most solicited musicians.
It is very difficult to capture the power of Jakwar on tape. This music requires the active participation of the public. At a typical wedding, as soon as Idoumou starts to play, the women in the crowd start clapping interlocking cross-rhythms, and the louder they clap, the harder Idoumou plays. As the groove picks up steam the largely female crowd-which is arranged in an oval around an open dance space, with Idoumou at one end of the oval-starts to sway, and then rock, hard. One at a time individual dancers will jump into the oval, cover their faces with their veils, and undulate their shoulders to the beat...
The next big change in Mauritanian music came when iggawen started playing Jakwar on the electric guitar. Hammadi ould Nana was the first to take the leap. Inspired by Jakwar’s rhythmic drive, Hammadi realized that the sonic qualities of the electric guitar (sustain, controlled distortion) made it the ideal instrument for Jakwar music."...
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That post includes sound files of featured musicians/singers including Hammadi ould Nana.
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SHOWCASE EXAMPLE: Hamadi Ould Nana.flv
FRANCEDOCS, Uploaded on Oct 13, 2011
Le célèbre chanteur de Tidjikja, Hamadi Ould Nana nous offre un moment priviligié chez lui pendant la guetna.
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Google translate from French to English -The famous singer [from] Tidjikja, Hamadi Ould Nana offers us a privileged moment with him during guetna.
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The word "singer" here may mean "musician". Hamadi Ould Nana doesn't sing in this video or in the video showcased in Part II. Please add links to other videos or sound files of Hamadi Ould Nana that you are aware of. Thanks!
I didn't know what the word "guetna" meant. The information that I found about that word is included in the following section of this post.
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INFORMATION ABOUT MAURITANIA'S GUETNA
From http://www.easyvoyage.co.uk/mauritania/the-guetna-2382 The Guetna - Mauritania
By Francesca Long Francesca Long
"Traditions
Discover The Guetna
The date harvest season runs from the second half of June to the end of August, during the hot summer days. It is called the Guetna season. The population abandon the towns to go to the oasis. There, the owners of date palms sell branches which are literally collapsing under the weight of the dates, and buyers can keep the dates until the end of the season. During the Guetna season, a holiday atmosphere reigns over the palm groves. Spit-roast lamb barbecues are organized, tea flows like water and dates are picked and eaten in their thousands. To preserve the fruit, it has to be left to dry in tikits - local huts made with palm branches or camel grass. Mauritanians eat dates all year long, particularly before meals."
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From http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/08/mauritanias-date-palms-cultural-heritage-and-means-of-survival/
Mauritania’s Date Palms, Cultural Heritage and Means of Survival By Mohamed Abderrahmane
"NOUAKCHOTT, Aug 21 2012 (IPS) - “The palm tree is a means of survival,” said Tahya Mint Mohamed, a 44-year-old Mauritanian farmer and mother of three children. “We eat its dates; we make mats, beds and chairs from palms; the leaves are also used to make baskets and to feed our livestock.”
Mint Mohamed is the regional president of the associations for participatory management of oases in the Two Hodhs region of southwestern Mauritania (hodh means “basin” in Arabic) – an unusual position for a woman to hold in a traditionally male-dominated activity.
She was delighted to take IPS on a tour of her palm plantation, which is alive with activity during the date harvesting period between June and August...
Mauritania has over 10,000 productive hectares of date palms, taking into account mature, productive palms as well as young trees that have not yet begun to bear fruit, and male palms – essential for pollination – according to Mohamed Ould Ahmed Banane, who oversees monitoring and evaluation for the Oases Sustainable Development Programme (PDDO).
Banane said nearly 20,000 people across the country depend on dates for their livelihood in five oasis regions: Adrar in the north, Tagant in the Centre, and Assaba and the two Hodhs in the southeast.
He estimates Mauritania’s annual production of dates at 60,000 tonnes, to which is added a small amount of imports – 1,000 tonnes from Algeria and 500 tonnes from Tunisia. Around 60 percent of dates are eaten between June and August, during the Guetna (the Arabic name for the season when dates are harvested)*. The rest is dried for consumption throughout the year.”...…
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Italics added by me to highlight that sentence.
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From http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1128013 Mauritania Dates
Updated October 28, 2002·12:00 AM ET, Published August 27, 2001·12:00 AM ET
“Ivan Watson reports many people in the Sahara desert country of Mauritania have been on vacation for much of the past month. They're celebrating "Guetna," the annual harvest of the dates.”
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Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Eight Examples Of Haritans' Neifara (Flute) Music (Mauritania)
Edited by Azizi Powell
This post showcases eight videos of Mauritania's Haritans (Black Moors') Neifara (Flute) music.
Information about Haratins is included in this post along with information about slavery in Mauritania.
The content of this post is presented for historical, cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to all those who keep Haratin culture alive. Thanks also to all those who are working for the real abolishment of slavery in Mauritania and those who are working for the establishment of equal rights for all Mauritanians. Thanks to all those who are featured in this post. Thanks also to the publishers of these examples on YouTube, and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.
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Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2015/10/five-videos-of-fulas-tambin-flute-music.html for a related pancocojams post that was suggested by a comment in the discussion thread of the video given below as Example #6.
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE HARITANS
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haratin
"Haratin (also transliterated Haratins, Harratins or Haratine, etc., singular Hartani) are oasis-dwellers in the Sahara, especially in southern Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania and Western Sahara, who make up a socially and ethnically distinct group of largely settled, non-nomadic workers, with relatively dark complexions, speaking either Berber or Arabic.[1]
Etymology
The name is of obscure origin and has been variously traced to Arabic roots meaning cultivator or Berber roots meaning "black". It may be the Arabized version of ahardan, a Berber word meaning "dark color".
Haratin in Mauritania
See also: Slavery in Mauritania
In Mauritania, the Haratin form one of the largest ethnic groups and account for as much as 40% of the Mauritanians. They are sometimes referred to as "Black Moors",[2] in contrast to Beidane, or "White Moors". The Haratin are Arabic-speakers and generally claim a Berber or Arab origin. This is unlike the sub-Saharan African peoples in southern Mauritania (such as the Wolof and the Fulɓe). The Haratine, in contrast, consider themselves part of the Moorish community. Their origin is unclear: some are thought to be the descendants of traded slaves from other regions of Africa (Central and Eastern Africa Sahel region) while others are thought to be descendants of a sedentary population of who have lived in the location since the Neolithic period when the Sahara was occupied by black skinned people.[3]
Most Haratine are descended from Bambara, Fulani, Soninké and Wolof people, groups that fled south beyond the Senegal River valley when the Berbers, and later the Moors, settled in the region during the 3rd century CE. Those who remained intermarried with the Berbers and Arabs.[4] They were historically the rulers of kingdoms spread all over North Africa.[5]
Although the Mauritanian government has issued emancipation declarations, discrimination against Haratin is still widespread, and some continue to be, for all practical purposes, enslaved, while large numbers live in other forms of informal dependence on their former masters. Amnesty International reported that in 1994 90,000 Haratine still lived as "property" of their master, with the report indicating that "slavery in Mauritania is most dominant within the traditional upper class of the Moors."[6]
The report also observed that "[s]ocial attitudes have changed among most urban Moors, but in rural areas, the ancient divide is still very alive." There have been many attempts to assess the real extension of slavery in modern Mauritania, but these have mostly been frustrated by the Nouakchott government's official stance that the practice has been eliminated. Amnesty further estimated that some 300,000 freed slaves continued to serve their former masters because of psychological or economic dependency”...
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MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE HARITANS
From http://unpo.org/members/13228
September 21, 2011
Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization
..."HISTORICAL CONTEXT
The enslavement of Black Africans by Arabs had begun in the 8th century, but from the 11th century it accelerated when the political situation in the area became more stable and slavery and the caste system became institutionalised. There was limited contact with Europeans until the 16th century when sporadic raids by Portuguese trans-Atlantic slave traders enslaved some people, but until the 19th Century Mauritania was deemed inhospitable for Europeans.
To pursue its commercial expansionist ambitions, in the late 1850s France began a gradual expansion of its colonial possessions from its strong base in Senegal, also reaching into the territory today constituting Mauritania. Throughout its African colonial possessions, France adopted a policy of maintaining the status quo as much as possible under the new policy of ‘peaceful pacification’. Paris negotiated the submission of most of local populace through chieftains and nobles on the promise that their customs, values, property and religion would be respected. At this time, slavery and an entrenched caste system were very much an established norm. With the Arab-Berbers at the top of the system, all negotiations were conducted with them. This further solidified the caste system in Mauretania.
Due to a persistent culture of denial among the ruling elites and authorities – the majority of which are Arab-Berber – any attempts to raise awareness of the practice are stifled. In addition, no Haratin option exists on national census forms, and traditional indications of slavery, such as shackles, are not visible, as the slavery exists in slavery-like practices including modern serfdom, debt bondage and domestic servitude.
Even in cases where Haratin slaves have secured their freedom, they often continue to be economically, culturally and psychologically dependent on their former masters. They are regularly discriminated against and often have limited access to economic opportunities or basic services such as education and healthcare and are the poorest fraction of Mauritania’s population. This perpetuates the widespread belief in Mauritania and the region that the Haratin are inferior to their Arab-Berber counterparts.
ORIGIN AND CULTURE OF THE HARATIN
The Haratin, also referred to as ‘Black Moors’, are the largest minority group in Mauritania. The name Haratin derives from the Arabic word for ‘freedom’ which was applied to slaves freed after the 1905 Abolition Law came into effect. In contrast, ‘Abd’ or ‘Abid’ was ascribed to a slave’s name to denote enslavement. This term is sometimes still used in reference to the Mauritanian slave community.
Their ethnic origin is Sub-Saharan African. They were invaded, enslaved and assimilated during raids by Arab-Berbers from the 8th century onwards. This resulted in erosion of their pre-enslavement culture and their culture, language and identity today is derived from Arab-Berber (Moorish) traditions whose culture remains dominant in the political, economic and security spheres of Mauritania. Their dance and music traditions reflect their history of enslavement and while heavily influenced by Arab-Berber culture and Islam, some remnants of their former Sub-Saharan musical culture are still evident, such as cries, screams and trances. The function of the music serves in a similar way to the gospel music created by African slaves in American slavery history, expressing a yearning for one freedom. Common instruments are the Akoting lute and the Tam Tam.”...
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SHOWCASE EXAMPLES
These examples are given in chronological order according to their publishing dates on YouTube with the oldest dated example given first.
The comments are given in chronological order, except for responses. However, they may not be in consecutive order.
Example #1: Musique de Gueller, música mauritana, neifara, eredeh
Eyehah Ould, Uploaded on Apr 28, 2008
La música mauritana es una combinación de elementos meramnete árabes y otros de origen negro. En mauritania existe todavía un tipo de música local que se conoce por "Neifara" que tiene un peso muy importante en la sociedad maura. El pasado verano(2007) estuve allí y aquí tenéis una muestra de esta música que a mí me gusta muchísimo. Espero que os guste,
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Google Translate from Spanish to English:
Mauritanian music is merely a combination of Arab and other elements of black origin. In Mauritania there is still a kind of local music is known as "Neifara" which has a very important role in society Maura. Last summer (2007) I was there and here's a sample of this music that I like very much. I hope you like it,
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Example #2: yelallkom mesoeydik Music Mauritania
bellewarmedia.com Uploaded on Jul 18, 2008
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Here's a comment from this video's discussion thread:
Diallo Gouné, 2015
"sa me fait un grand plaisir d'écouter cette musique en tant que mauritanien de la région du guidimakha"
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Google Translate from French to English
it gives me great pleasure to listen to this music as the Mauritanian Guidimaka region
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Example #3: Musique mauritanienne, Gueller, Neifara...
Eyehah Ould, Uploaded on May 5, 2008
Aquí tenéis un ejemplo de un antiguo instrumento llamado "Neifara" (flauta). Una buena parte de población se mantiene fiel a este típico instrumento, pese a las inovaciones en materia de música. El neifara (flauta) es más habitual encontrarlo en zonas rurales y que es interpretado por los antiguos haratines.
De todas formas, espero que os guste y hasta el próximo video.
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Google Translate from Spanish to English
"Here is an example of an ancient instrument called "Neifara" (flute). Much of the population remains true to this traditional instrument, despite the innovations in music. The neifara (flute) is most commonly found in rural areas and that is interpreted by the ancient Haratines.
Anyway, I hope you like it and until next video."
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Example #4: Flûte Neifara, Mauritanie
Boris LELONG, Uploaded on Mar 13, 2009
Flûte Neifara, jouée par Mohamed ould Mohamed Ellabd à Atar, Mauritanie
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Google Translate from French to English
Production ALTAMIRA
Neifara flute, played by Mohamed Ould Mohamed Abd El Atar, Mauritania
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Example #5: Music mauritania TVM
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bellewarmedia.com Uploaded on Mar 26, 2009
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Here's a comment from this video's discussion thread
Mo Amin, 2012
"There is similarity with Somali traditional music"
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Example #6: belkhere yelalkom - meso eydikom music mauritania
bellewarmedia.com, Uploaded on Mar 2, 2011
http://bellewarmedia.com/torath.html
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Here's a comment from this video's discussion thread
ahmmsh, 2013
"From hearing the flute I can tell they are the descendants of Fulani people who were enslaved by Berbers and Songhai, and sold to the Arabs. The Fulanis call this flute "Tambin", you can see videos of the fulani tambin on youtube too..
I wish the Haratines dignity, freedom and success in this new world that no longer recognises the evils of slavery and racism."
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Example #7: Nvarre music traditionnel de mauritanie
bellewarmedia.com, Uploaded on Mar 1, 2011
Nvarre music traditionnel de mauritanie
http://bellewarmedia.com/torath.html
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Navarre is a city in Mauritania.
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Example #8: ewyde ejrid guerou le3saba mauritania
bellewarmedia.com Uploaded on Apr 19, 2011
ewyde ejrid guerou le3saba mauritania
http://bellewarmedia.com/torath.html
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Thanks for visiting pancocojams.
Visitor comments are welcome.
This post showcases eight videos of Mauritania's Haritans (Black Moors') Neifara (Flute) music.
Information about Haratins is included in this post along with information about slavery in Mauritania.
The content of this post is presented for historical, cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to all those who keep Haratin culture alive. Thanks also to all those who are working for the real abolishment of slavery in Mauritania and those who are working for the establishment of equal rights for all Mauritanians. Thanks to all those who are featured in this post. Thanks also to the publishers of these examples on YouTube, and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.
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Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2015/10/five-videos-of-fulas-tambin-flute-music.html for a related pancocojams post that was suggested by a comment in the discussion thread of the video given below as Example #6.
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE HARITANS
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haratin
"Haratin (also transliterated Haratins, Harratins or Haratine, etc., singular Hartani) are oasis-dwellers in the Sahara, especially in southern Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania and Western Sahara, who make up a socially and ethnically distinct group of largely settled, non-nomadic workers, with relatively dark complexions, speaking either Berber or Arabic.[1]
Etymology
The name is of obscure origin and has been variously traced to Arabic roots meaning cultivator or Berber roots meaning "black". It may be the Arabized version of ahardan, a Berber word meaning "dark color".
Haratin in Mauritania
See also: Slavery in Mauritania
In Mauritania, the Haratin form one of the largest ethnic groups and account for as much as 40% of the Mauritanians. They are sometimes referred to as "Black Moors",[2] in contrast to Beidane, or "White Moors". The Haratin are Arabic-speakers and generally claim a Berber or Arab origin. This is unlike the sub-Saharan African peoples in southern Mauritania (such as the Wolof and the Fulɓe). The Haratine, in contrast, consider themselves part of the Moorish community. Their origin is unclear: some are thought to be the descendants of traded slaves from other regions of Africa (Central and Eastern Africa Sahel region) while others are thought to be descendants of a sedentary population of who have lived in the location since the Neolithic period when the Sahara was occupied by black skinned people.[3]
Most Haratine are descended from Bambara, Fulani, Soninké and Wolof people, groups that fled south beyond the Senegal River valley when the Berbers, and later the Moors, settled in the region during the 3rd century CE. Those who remained intermarried with the Berbers and Arabs.[4] They were historically the rulers of kingdoms spread all over North Africa.[5]
Although the Mauritanian government has issued emancipation declarations, discrimination against Haratin is still widespread, and some continue to be, for all practical purposes, enslaved, while large numbers live in other forms of informal dependence on their former masters. Amnesty International reported that in 1994 90,000 Haratine still lived as "property" of their master, with the report indicating that "slavery in Mauritania is most dominant within the traditional upper class of the Moors."[6]
The report also observed that "[s]ocial attitudes have changed among most urban Moors, but in rural areas, the ancient divide is still very alive." There have been many attempts to assess the real extension of slavery in modern Mauritania, but these have mostly been frustrated by the Nouakchott government's official stance that the practice has been eliminated. Amnesty further estimated that some 300,000 freed slaves continued to serve their former masters because of psychological or economic dependency”...
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MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE HARITANS
From http://unpo.org/members/13228
September 21, 2011
Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization
..."HISTORICAL CONTEXT
The enslavement of Black Africans by Arabs had begun in the 8th century, but from the 11th century it accelerated when the political situation in the area became more stable and slavery and the caste system became institutionalised. There was limited contact with Europeans until the 16th century when sporadic raids by Portuguese trans-Atlantic slave traders enslaved some people, but until the 19th Century Mauritania was deemed inhospitable for Europeans.
To pursue its commercial expansionist ambitions, in the late 1850s France began a gradual expansion of its colonial possessions from its strong base in Senegal, also reaching into the territory today constituting Mauritania. Throughout its African colonial possessions, France adopted a policy of maintaining the status quo as much as possible under the new policy of ‘peaceful pacification’. Paris negotiated the submission of most of local populace through chieftains and nobles on the promise that their customs, values, property and religion would be respected. At this time, slavery and an entrenched caste system were very much an established norm. With the Arab-Berbers at the top of the system, all negotiations were conducted with them. This further solidified the caste system in Mauretania.
Due to a persistent culture of denial among the ruling elites and authorities – the majority of which are Arab-Berber – any attempts to raise awareness of the practice are stifled. In addition, no Haratin option exists on national census forms, and traditional indications of slavery, such as shackles, are not visible, as the slavery exists in slavery-like practices including modern serfdom, debt bondage and domestic servitude.
Even in cases where Haratin slaves have secured their freedom, they often continue to be economically, culturally and psychologically dependent on their former masters. They are regularly discriminated against and often have limited access to economic opportunities or basic services such as education and healthcare and are the poorest fraction of Mauritania’s population. This perpetuates the widespread belief in Mauritania and the region that the Haratin are inferior to their Arab-Berber counterparts.
ORIGIN AND CULTURE OF THE HARATIN
The Haratin, also referred to as ‘Black Moors’, are the largest minority group in Mauritania. The name Haratin derives from the Arabic word for ‘freedom’ which was applied to slaves freed after the 1905 Abolition Law came into effect. In contrast, ‘Abd’ or ‘Abid’ was ascribed to a slave’s name to denote enslavement. This term is sometimes still used in reference to the Mauritanian slave community.
Their ethnic origin is Sub-Saharan African. They were invaded, enslaved and assimilated during raids by Arab-Berbers from the 8th century onwards. This resulted in erosion of their pre-enslavement culture and their culture, language and identity today is derived from Arab-Berber (Moorish) traditions whose culture remains dominant in the political, economic and security spheres of Mauritania. Their dance and music traditions reflect their history of enslavement and while heavily influenced by Arab-Berber culture and Islam, some remnants of their former Sub-Saharan musical culture are still evident, such as cries, screams and trances. The function of the music serves in a similar way to the gospel music created by African slaves in American slavery history, expressing a yearning for one freedom. Common instruments are the Akoting lute and the Tam Tam.”...
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SHOWCASE EXAMPLES
These examples are given in chronological order according to their publishing dates on YouTube with the oldest dated example given first.
The comments are given in chronological order, except for responses. However, they may not be in consecutive order.
Example #1: Musique de Gueller, música mauritana, neifara, eredeh
Eyehah Ould, Uploaded on Apr 28, 2008
La música mauritana es una combinación de elementos meramnete árabes y otros de origen negro. En mauritania existe todavía un tipo de música local que se conoce por "Neifara" que tiene un peso muy importante en la sociedad maura. El pasado verano(2007) estuve allí y aquí tenéis una muestra de esta música que a mí me gusta muchísimo. Espero que os guste,
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Google Translate from Spanish to English:
Mauritanian music is merely a combination of Arab and other elements of black origin. In Mauritania there is still a kind of local music is known as "Neifara" which has a very important role in society Maura. Last summer (2007) I was there and here's a sample of this music that I like very much. I hope you like it,
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Example #2: yelallkom mesoeydik Music Mauritania
bellewarmedia.com Uploaded on Jul 18, 2008
-snip-
Here's a comment from this video's discussion thread:
Diallo Gouné, 2015
"sa me fait un grand plaisir d'écouter cette musique en tant que mauritanien de la région du guidimakha"
-snip-
Google Translate from French to English
it gives me great pleasure to listen to this music as the Mauritanian Guidimaka region
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Example #3: Musique mauritanienne, Gueller, Neifara...
Eyehah Ould, Uploaded on May 5, 2008
Aquí tenéis un ejemplo de un antiguo instrumento llamado "Neifara" (flauta). Una buena parte de población se mantiene fiel a este típico instrumento, pese a las inovaciones en materia de música. El neifara (flauta) es más habitual encontrarlo en zonas rurales y que es interpretado por los antiguos haratines.
De todas formas, espero que os guste y hasta el próximo video.
-snip-
Google Translate from Spanish to English
"Here is an example of an ancient instrument called "Neifara" (flute). Much of the population remains true to this traditional instrument, despite the innovations in music. The neifara (flute) is most commonly found in rural areas and that is interpreted by the ancient Haratines.
Anyway, I hope you like it and until next video."
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Example #4: Flûte Neifara, Mauritanie
Boris LELONG, Uploaded on Mar 13, 2009
Flûte Neifara, jouée par Mohamed ould Mohamed Ellabd à Atar, Mauritanie
-snip-
Google Translate from French to English
Production ALTAMIRA
Neifara flute, played by Mohamed Ould Mohamed Abd El Atar, Mauritania
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Example #5: Music mauritania TVM
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bellewarmedia.com Uploaded on Mar 26, 2009
-snip-
Here's a comment from this video's discussion thread
Mo Amin, 2012
"There is similarity with Somali traditional music"
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Example #6: belkhere yelalkom - meso eydikom music mauritania
bellewarmedia.com, Uploaded on Mar 2, 2011
http://bellewarmedia.com/torath.html
-nip-
Here's a comment from this video's discussion thread
ahmmsh, 2013
"From hearing the flute I can tell they are the descendants of Fulani people who were enslaved by Berbers and Songhai, and sold to the Arabs. The Fulanis call this flute "Tambin", you can see videos of the fulani tambin on youtube too..
I wish the Haratines dignity, freedom and success in this new world that no longer recognises the evils of slavery and racism."
****
Example #7: Nvarre music traditionnel de mauritanie
bellewarmedia.com, Uploaded on Mar 1, 2011
Nvarre music traditionnel de mauritanie
http://bellewarmedia.com/torath.html
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Navarre is a city in Mauritania.
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Example #8: ewyde ejrid guerou le3saba mauritania
bellewarmedia.com Uploaded on Apr 19, 2011
ewyde ejrid guerou le3saba mauritania
http://bellewarmedia.com/torath.html
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