RC 261108SAfm
Sunday, 8 November 2026
This Morocco-themed Music of Africa episode dug into Aita folk music, a Moroccan food tour, a Kenyan singer-songwriter's interview about healing, and a Spot the Soundtrack film quiz.
- 04:45
A Kenyan singer-songwriter's latest body of work, the EP Damage You Demanded, gives a candid account of relationships, accountability, boundaries and self-worth, tying into the need for healing.
- 03:52
Aita, a Moroccan folk tradition whose name comes from an Arabic word meaning cry, call or shout, was carried by travelling female singers called Sheikat who documented people's lives at weddings and festivals.
- 05:57
Spot the Soundtrack answer: Hindi Zahra's The Blues features in Fatih Akin's 2017 film In the Fade, the story of a German woman whose husband and son die in a Hamburg nail bomb attack.
- 04:51
Fisa, a Moroccan dish of shredded layered pancakes with chicken, lentils and broth flavoured with fenugreek, is traditionally prepared after childbirth to nourish new mothers.