Asmaa Hamzaoui

Born across Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, the name comes from a North African community whose people are said to be the descendants of West African soldiers and slaves who used music as the principal form of expression. An all female gnawa-music players. www.osloworld.no

Barely 20 years old, she became the leader of the Bnat Tombouctou (Daughters of Timbuktu) group, and one of the youngest and very rare female ambassadors of Gnaoua culture.