Nuits d’Afrique 2025 | Saïd Mesnaoui: Gnawa Fusion at the Heart of a Radiant Artist

Interview by Frédéric Cardin
Genres and styles : Gnawa

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Saïd Mesnaoui is the global champion of a modern and borderless vision of Gnawa music. It was actually in Quebec that the adventure began almost 40 years ago. Since then, Mesnaoui has graced stages around the world, bringing his artistic ecumenism with him and providing pleasure, celebration, and why not a bit of peace in people’s hearts, because those who commune together to the sounds of captivating music cannot think of hating each other. It is on July 18 at the Fairmount Theatre, invited by the International Festival Nuits d’Afrique, that Saïd Mesnaoui will once again merge music and humanism with his Transe Gnawa Fusion. I give you this interview.

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