Starry Nights in Western Sahara
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Starry Nights in Western Sahara is an album compiled by filmmaker Danielle Smith, in the process of making one of her documentaries
on Western Sahara
. Starry Nights is the second compilation of Saharawi music released in America
, after Sahrauis: The Music of the Western Sahara
. The majority of the songs are sung by Umm Delilah, a villager notorious for her voice.
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
on Western Sahara
Western Sahara
Western Sahara is a disputed territory in North Africa, bordered by Morocco to the north, Algeria to the northeast, Mauritania to the east and south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Its surface area amounts to . It is one of the most sparsely populated territories in the world, mainly...
. Starry Nights is the second compilation of Saharawi music released in America
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, after Sahrauis: The Music of the Western Sahara
Sahrauis: The Music of the Western Sahara
Sahrauis: The Music of the Western Sahara is a three-disc box set of Saharawi music. It was the first compilation of such songs released in America.The tracks on the 3 CDs are listed belowDisc: 1 Despite All Wounds 1. Dios Mío...
. The majority of the songs are sung by Umm Delilah, a villager notorious for her voice.