In praise poems, North African Jews weaponized local oral tradition. Composed largely in Judeo-Arabic and sometimes in Hebrew, praise poems are today among the key sonic archives of World War II. But North African Jewish praise poems were more than bald propaganda. They were uniquely Jewish and uniquely North African forms of political intervention and social commentary. North African Jewish praise poems are precious documents of the Second World War.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 13, 2022 03:57 UTC