Gnawa
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The Gnawa (or Gnaoua, Ghanawa, Ghanawi, Gnawi'; Arabic: غناوة) are an ethnic group inhabiting Morocco and Algeria in the Maghreb.
The name Gnawa had probably originated in the indigenous language of North Africa and the Sahara Desert - the Berber language or Tamazight. The phonology of this term according to the grammatical principles of Berber is as follows: agnaw (singular), ignawen (plural), which means slave.
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