Igd al-Jalad (musical group)

Igd al-Jalād, (Arabic: عقد الجلاد‎, also spelled Igd Algalad in English) is a popular Sudanese music group. It was founded in the 1980s, comprising several singers and instrumentalists and has been active with new members since then. The group became famous both because of their musical compositions, as well as their use of lyrics with metaphorical political messages, written by Sudanese and other Arab poets, such as Mahjoub Sharif or Muhammad Taha Al-Qaddal.

Career

The group's name means "necklace of jalād", which refers to a special kind of leather with a pleasant scent, possibly made from the skin of a deer or a wild cat.[1] The founder of the group, composer and musician Osman al-Naw[2] included a rather large number of male and female musicians, which allowed the band to use both a range of modern instruments, as well as lead singers and a chorus. In 1988, the group appeared in a live concert on Sudanese TV that started its growing popularity both at home and with Sudanese audiences abroad. Characteristically, they use well-known poems and other lyrics expressing both patriotic views or political messages. This metaphorical criticism of the political situation during the military governments of the 1980s prompted the police to ban some of their concerts, and some of the members were taken into custody.[3]

In 1995, the German record label Popular African Music released their CD Madaris, and other music cassettes or CDs have been available in Sudan.[4] All through the period of political oppression of public musical activities by the military government and the imposition of Sharia laws starting in the 1980s,[5] Igd al-Jalād have been re-inventing their line-up by including younger musicians and composed new songs, making it one of Sudan's most long-standing and popular music bands.[6][7]

Discography

References
  1. "فرقة عقد الجلاد الغنائية.. تدجين الفنون - صحيفة التغيير السودانية , اخبار السودان". 2019-12-10. Archived from the original on 2019-12-10. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  2. "عثمان النو". Discogs. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  3. "السلطات السودانية تعتقل مجموعة "عقد الجلاد" بتهمة الغناء". العربية نت (in Arabic). 2005-12-12. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  4. "عقد الجلاد = Igd el Djilad* - مدارس = Madaris". Discogs. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  5. "Sudan military wants to keep Sharia law". BBC News. 2019-05-08. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  6. "Afropop Worldwide | Ahmad Sikainga on Sudan, A Musical History". Afropop Worldwide. Retrieved 2021-09-02.
  7. "عقد الجلاد تضم مبدعين جدد ⋆ نجمة الخرطوم". نجمة الخرطوم (in Arabic). 2019-01-24. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
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