Poetry in Motion: 100 Years of Zanzibar's Nadi Ikhwan Safaa| 1hr : 10mins
Director: Ron Mulvihill | Producer: Kelly Askew and Werner Graebner
Focus Years: 2012 | Country: United States
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"Poetry in Motion: 100 Years of Zanzibar’s Nadi Ikhwan Safaa" is a feature-length documentary film exploring the music, poetry, history, and personalities of an esteemed East African orchestra. Performers of sung Swahili poetry called taarab, Nadi Ikwan Safaa (The True Brotherhood Club) of Zanzibar, Tanzania celebrated its 100th anniversary in July 2005, making it one of the oldest orchestras in the world today.
Situated at the nexus of Indian Ocean trade, Zanzibar developed during the 19th century into a thriving cosmopolitan trading center. Colonizers, slaves, and migrants came to the island contributing their musical and cultural traits to the local Swahili communities. Born of this cultural diversity, Swahili taarab poetry became a vehicle utilized by elites and commoners alike to articulate social grievances and reinforce social mores. The musical sounds of taarab, which originate in traditional music of Africa, Arabia, and South Asia, were refined and blended in small ensembles. Then, inspired by Egyptian film orchestras of the 1950s, they developed into an orchestral performance sound far-reaching in its popularity.
African orchestral music is largely unknown, falling, as it does, outside popular perceptions of African music as limited to drumming. Originating as a male social club, Nadi Ikwan Safaa has since grown to encompass male and female members from all sectors of Zanzibar’s diverse population. "Poetry in Motion" offers a music- and poetry-driven narrative of a musical organization that has survived colonialism and violent revolution, yet always managed to celebrate life’s joys and challenges.
Poetry in Motion: 100 Years of Zanzibar's Nadi Ikhwan Safaa
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