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Artists who fell for Morocco

Pharoah Sanders

He recorded with the Gnawa master Mahmoud Guinia in Essaouira's medina.

  • From: United States
  • Their art: musician
  • In Morocco: 1–3 June 1994
  • Made here or about here: The Trance of Seven Colors (1994)

Where in Morocco

  • Essaouira: recorded in a house in the medina with Maâlem Mahmoud Guinia
Sources, checked 2026-11-15
  1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trance_of_Seven_Colors

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