Born in in the desolate Sahrawi refugee camps in Algeria, Aziza Brahim uses her songs to bring attention to one of Africa’s forgotten tragedies. Voiced with deep passion and grace, Aziza Brahim’s music adeptly travels the expanse between her Western Saharan roots and Barcelona, the European cosmopolis where she now lives. Aziza is both a contemporary sonic poet and a prominent and eloquent spokesperson for the Saharawi people and their ongoing struggle for recognition and justice. AZIZA BRAHIM (live) Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2bgeWtg Youtube: https://bit.ly/1BwxxRu Website: www.azizabrahim.com Dj support: Edna Martinez (LatinArab) https://soundcloud.com/ednamartinezdj/maicao_tape Born and raised in the Saharawi refugee camps lining the frontier between Algeria and Western Sahara, Aziza’s life has been marked by both daunting hardship and inspired will. Fleeing from these camps and the regime of political oppression that followed Morocco’s 1975 invasion of Western Sahara, as a young teenager Aziza travelled to Cuba for her secondary school studies. There she experienced first hand the deep Cuban economic crisis of the 1990s and the subsequent denial of her request to pursue a university degree in music. [deutsch] Ihre Kindheit verbrachte sie im Flüchtlingslager, jetzt ist Aziza Brahim ein Star der Weltmusik. Sie nutzt ihren Ruhm und ihre Musik, um auf das Schicksal ihres Volkes, den Sahrawis, aufmerksam zu machen. Seit über 20 Jahren lebt Aziza Brahim im Exil mit den Stationen Kuba und Barcelona. Ihr im Spätsommer 2019 erscheinendes neues Album reflektiert diese Geschichte musikalisch.