\"I\'ve always wanted to introduce my native music to a broader public and at the same time not limit it to the strictly traditional themes,\" she explains. \"Sudan\'s music is incredibly diverse and differs in many ways from all other \'African\' music: it is not as distinctly rhythmic and danceable - even though it is full of complex rhythms - but puts more emphasis on melody. It is more melancholic; it sounds downright sad. And even though it is, at a first glance, very similar to Arabic music, Sudanese music is different - a mixture of both, and yet unlike either of them.\"

Another key feature of Rasha\'s work is her dedication to social justice, women\'s rights, and human rights for refugees. Rasha performed at the United Nation\'s Working Women\'s Day Celebration in 1998. She also traveled to the Saharawi refugee camps in Algeria to raise awareness of the tens of thousands of Western Sahara refugees that have been trapped there for more than two decades. ">

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Rasha
North Africa
Sudan
Rasha
With her 1997 success "Sudaniyat," Rasha brought a diversity of Sudanese sounds to the International scene. Melancholy and melodic, her rich vocals mesh well with the complex rhythms of her native Sudan. Read more on Rasha...
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