Listen: Putumayo North African Groove
For Dreaming of: Jams from Egypt to Morocco
Who doesn’t love a good Putumayo album?! If you’re a lover of foreign culture and were developing your global tastebuds in the early 2000s, you probably had a dozen of these eclectic CD albums, just like me!
Their “North African Groove” album is a lively, jammed-up mix of French and Arabic from all of North Africa, including hits from Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Algeria, and of course, 2 features from Morocco:
“Un Mot de Toi” by Rhany Kabbadj
“Aal Eih” by Samira Said
My personal favorite is Tunisian singer Amina Annabi’s “Dis-moi Pourquoi.”
Moroccan or not, just listen to the whole album to put yourself in the North African Groove.
Photo Source: Putumayo
Syllogi’s ‘Musings’ is a series helping you paint a picture of a destination while traveling from your living room. From relevant books and articles, inspiring movies and tv shows, to songs and even treats and dishes, our goal is to curate a sensory experience that will prepare you for an upcoming trip, reminiscence on adventures past, or simply to envision a place that exists in your bucket list fantasies.
