Musicians on censorship

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About music censorship – three-minute video with short interview excerpts and music clips
26 January 2015.» Read more

Didier Awadi – musician from Senegal
1 October 2013.» Read article

Khaled Harara – musician from Palestine
16 September 2013.» Read article

Manu Chao – singer from France / Spain

Lavon Volski – singer from Belarus

Azer Cirttan – exiled singer-songwriter from Azerbaijan

Ramy Essam – singer from Egypt

AFRICA

Abazar Hamid – singer from Sudan

Azagaia – rapper from Mozambique

Aziza Brahim – singer from Western Sahara

Chiwoniso Maraire, Chirikure Chirikure & Paul Brickhill – musicians from Zimbabwe

Comrade Fatso – singer from Zimbabwe

Didier Awadi – musician from Senegal

Fadal Dey – singer from Côte d’Ivoire

Lapiro de Mbanga – 2011 – singer from Cameroon

Lapiro de Mbanga – 2009 – when in prison

Maryam Mursal – Somali singer about music prohibition in Islam

Nakaaya Sumari – singer from Tanzania

Roger Lucey – musician and journalist from South Africa

Tiken Jah Fakoly – exiled singer from Côte d’Ivoire

THE MIDDLE EAST

Bashar Shammout – about the main issues in the region

Clotaire K – Lebanese-French rapper and composer

Darg Team – hip-hop group from Palestine

Jason Carter – UK guitarist about his experiences in the Middle East

Kamilya Jubran – Palestinian-Israeli singer

Khaled Harara – rapper from Palestine

Marcel Khalife – Lebanese singer and composer

Mark LeVine [I] – American author and historian about Heavy Metal

Mark LeVine [II] – about globalisation in the Middle East

Oath to Vanquish – Lebanese Death Metal band

Rabah Donquishoot – rapper from Algeria

Ramy Essam – singer from Egypt

Ruba Saqr – singer from Jordan

Sivan Perwer – banned Kurdish singer

Xardas – banned Lebanese producer of Dark Ambient

ASIA

Azer Cirttan – exiled musician from Azerbaijan

Pervaiz Akhtar – exiled musician from Pakistan

Salman Ahmad – exiled musician from Pakistan. Discussed the question of music prohibition in Islam with clerics in Pakistan in 2004

AFGHANISTAN

Aiab Gul Delshad – folk singer

Aziz Ghaznawi – singer and administrator

Baktash Kamran – pop music singer

Farhad Darya – pop music singer

Fazl-u-Rahman Wahdat – Pashto folk singer

Ghazal Ahmadi – film actress who gave up the guitar

Nairez – folk singer

Safdar Tawakoli – Hazara folk singer

Sahar Afarin – singer

Zhakfar Hussaini – ex-censor of music

LATIN AMERICA

Bellavista Social Club – rap group from Colombia

Pasajeros – protest musicians from Colombia

EUROPE

Fermin Muguruza – singer from Spain’s Basque region

Lavon Volski – singer from Belarus

Manu Chao – singer from France / Spain

Mari Boine – singer from Sámi land / Norway

TURKEY

Ferhat Tunç – singer

Fuat Talay – exiled singer from Turkey

Grup Yorum – music group from Turkey

Sanar Yurdatapan – director, activist and composer from Turkey

Selda Bağcan – singer from Turkey

USA

Kris Kristofferson – singer and film actor

Stephan Smith-Said – musician and writer

Tao Rodríguez-Seeger – musician

Music experts (non-artists) on censorship

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Below is an index list of older video and audio interviews by Freemuse — in alphabetical order:

Abazar Hamid
Aiab Gul Delshad
Ajah Sy
Ali Farka Touré
Amal Murkus
Andy Brown
Anis Dridi
Anti-pop Consortium
Anton Goosen
Asian Dub Foundation
Azagaia
Azer Cirttan
Aziz Ghaznawi
Aziza Brahim
Baktash Kamran
Bellavista Social Club
Chen Shi-Zheng
Chiwoniso Maraire
Chuck D / Public Enemy
Clotaire K
Comrade Fatso
Cure, the
Damon Albarn
Darg Team
Darko C
Dean Omori
Dennis Lyxzen / TINC
Didier Awadi
Duke Erikson / Garbage
El Général
Fadal Dey
Faiz Ali Faiz
Farhad Darya
Farhad Darya (2002)
Fazl-u-Rahman Wahdat
Femi Kuti
Ferhat Tunç
Fermin Muguruza
Frank Zappa
Fuat Talay
FUN^DA^MENTAL
Generation Wave
Ghazal Ahmadi
Glenys Rogers
Grup Yorum
Gulzar Alam
Hugh Masekela
Jason Carter
Jeroen de Kloet
Jerry Bonham
Johnny Clegg
Junoon
Kamilya Jubran
Karamelo Santo
Kris Kristofferson
Kurash Sultan
Lapiro de Mbanga
Lavon Volski
Mahsa Vahdat
Marcel Khalife
Mari Boine
Maryam Mursal
Mehdi Haddab
Mehdi R2M
Miguel Angel Estrella
Militant Mind State
Myriam
Nairez
Nakaaya Sumari
Nancy Sinatra
Oath to Vanquish
Ojos de Brujo
Pasajeros
Patti Smith
Pervaiz Akhtar
Pops Mohamed
PraCh
Rabah Donquishoot
Ramy Essam
Ray Lema
Rèda Zine
Roger Lucey
Ruba Saqr
Safdar Tawakoli
Sahar Afarin
Salif Keita
Salman Ahmad
Sanar Yurdatapan
Sardar Yousafzai
Sepultura
Sipho Mabuse
Sivan Perwer
Stephan Smith-Said
Tao Rodriquez-Seeger
Thomas Mapfumo
Tiken Jah Fakoly
Tony Allen
Xardas
Zhakfar Hussaini

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LATIN AMERICA

EUROPE

TURKEY

USA

Music experts (non-artists) on censorship

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