Biography
Mártir Luali is a large band formed by refugees from Western Sahara living in exile in Algeria. The group uses a mix of instruments such as the t’bal, Sahrawi drum, and guitar, and has 14 vocalists preforming in Hassanija (Arabic).
Mártir Luali took their name from the cofounder of the Polisario Front, El-Ouali Mustapha Sayed (also known as El-Wali, Luali or Lulei; Arabic: الوالي مصطفى السيد). The Polisario Front is a Sahrawi nationalist liberation movement seeking to end the occupation of Western Sahara through the means of self-determination and armed resistance.
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Mártir Luali’s only publicly available music is from the CD Polisario Vencerá (Polisario Will Win) produced by Mohammed Tammy and released by Guimbarda, a Spanish label. Polisario Vencerá also features other Sahrawi performers such as Mariem Hassan, Teita Leibid, Mahfoud Aliyen and Hadhoum Abeid, and is available on streaming platforms such as Spotify.
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.