Underground Music in Tunisia

The Case of Awled AL Manajim Under Ben Ali

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ID12980431
AuthorsMohamed Chamekh (0000-0002-9859-5000, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume29
Issue4
Pages371-394
Publication date2020-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMiddle East Critique (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1943-6149 • E-ISSN: 1943-6157
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19436149.2020.1826713
OpenAlexW3092136664
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited26

Awled AL Manajim musical group was forced to go underground under Ben Ali (1987-2010) as the consequence of regime censorship and restrictions on engaged artists. The post-Ben Ali era experienced the proliferation of other types of underground music, in particular rap and hip-hop which achieved major importance in comparison with the old forms of the underground that managed not only to survive Ben Ali’s dictatorship, but also created a culture of resistance through art. This article argues that Awled AL Manajim contributed to the development of a resistance movement in the Mining Basin and suggests that this musical group managed, to a certain extent, to articulate the causes and concerns of the local populace

Aesthetics · Art · Censorship · Democracy · Dictatorship · Literature · Musical · Political science · Politics · Popular music · Resistance (ecology · Rock music · Sociology · History · Law · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender · North African History and Literature · Political and Social Issues

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