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Early Recordings of Black Tunisian Songs and Music [1904-1916]

1904 Miniature

1904

"The Tunisians" exhibited in Berlin

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1909 Miniature

1909

Black Tunisians in German Human Zoos

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1916 Miniature

1916

Tunisian Voices in Prisoners Of War Camps

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A devotee in trance during a stambeli ceremony

Fieldnotes

The 'Arifa' and the Dar jma'a

A fictional Queendom in the heart of the city

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Published the 10.10.2025
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Busa'diyya archival portrait

Essay

Busa'diyya

The wandering paradox

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Published the 10.10.2025
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Rebaybiyya cover

Storytelling

Stambeli and Rebaybiyya in Jewish Tunisian Communities

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Still from Les dieux africains

Feature

1966

A spotlight on stambeli and the difficult question of Tunisias "africanity"

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Published the 10.10.2025
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Wolfgang Laade field notebook

Travelogue

Looking for the lost violin

German musicologist Wolfgang Laade's trip in Tunisia

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Published the 10.10.2025
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