BLACK SOCIAL HISTORY
Afro-Arab
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Yacine Brahimi · Sheba "Bilqis" · Hatem Trabelsi ·Majed Abdullah Ahmed Dokhi · Sidi Abdullahi · Zeinab Badawi · Anwar Sadat | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| Swahili Coast, Sudan | |
| 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 Coastin the African Great Lakes region as well as Sudan, 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 in Africa and the Arab world.[3]
Culture
In Eastern Arabia's Arab States of the Persian Gulf, descendants of people from the Swahili Coast perform traditional Liwaand Fann At-Tanbura music and dance.[4][5] The mizmar is also performed by Afro-Arabs in the Tihamah and Hejaz regions ofSaudi Arabia.
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.
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