Mártir Luali is a large band formed by refugees from Western Sahara living in exile in Algeria. The group uses a mix of instruments such as the t’bal, Sahrawi drum, and guitar, and has 14 vocalists preforming in Hassanija (Arabic). Mártir Luali took their name from the cofounder of the Polisario Front, El-Ouali Mustapha Sayed (also known as El-Wali, Luali or Lulei; Arabic: الوالي مصطفى السيد). The Polisario Front is a Sahrawi nationalist liberation movement seeking to end the occupation of Western Sahara through the means of self-determination and armed resistance. Mártir Luali’s o… read more
Mártir Luali is a large band formed by refugees from Western Sahara living in exile in Algeria. The group uses a mix of instruments such as the t’bal, Sahrawi drum, and guitar, and has 14 vocalists preforming in Hassanija (Arabic). Mártir Luali took their name from the cofounder of the Polis… read more
Mártir Luali is a large band formed by refugees from Western Sahara living in exile in Algeria. The group uses a mix of instruments such as the t’bal, Sahrawi drum, and guitar, and has 14 vocalists preforming in Hassanija (Arabic). Mártir Luali took their name from the cofounder of the Polisario Front, El-Ouali Mustapha Sayed (also known as El-Wali, Luali or Lul… read more
