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  • Minarets - Boom.Diwan featuring Nduduzo Makhathini
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    "MInarets" Boom.Diwan featuring Nduduzo Makhathini*

    Commissioned by The NYUAD Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi. Born between the UAE, Kuwait, and South Africa. Recorded and mixed by Estelle Galloway. Artwork and design by Harshini Karunaratne. Hand-numbered by Charmaine Calligraphy.

    *Nduduzo Makhathini appears courtesy of Universal Records South Africa

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For this performance, Boom.Diwan collaborates with feature special guest pianist Nduduzo Makhathini, the first ever South African musician signed to the legendary Blue Note Records. Boom.Diwan founder Ghazi Al-Mulaifi and Makhathini composed a three movement suite, performed as an immersive ritual of music, the visual, and dance that takes into account ideas about the self, the community, and the spiritual in the face of modernity. The music touches on ideas of cosmopolitanism, community, dialogue, and healing.

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released November 5, 2021

Nduduzo Makhathini appears courtesy of Universal Music South Africa

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Boom.Diwan Abu Dhabi, UAE

Founded by applied ethnomusicologist Ghazi Al-Mulaifi, Boom.Diwan is a collaborative jazz ensemble that is inspired by the cosmopolitan Kuwaiti pearl diving music of the Indian Ocean trade.


Boom: is the most important ship in Kuwait. It was used for pearl diving and for merchant trade.

Diwan: is a place where traditional Kuwaiti pearl diving music ensembles, preserve and share their music.
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