Ancient Mauretania, which refers to present-day Maghreb, was ruled for centuries by powerful Berber Kings who played a crucial role in writing the Roman and Greek history. Baga, Bocchus, Juba and Bogud, were kings who fought some of the greatest wars of the ancient times and left their footprint in Africa and Europe’s shared history.
Abdel Hamid Gharbaoui, commonly known as Benny B, is the first dancer and rapper to introduce the boy band style to the French scene in the mid-1980s. Quickly becoming the darling of talk shows, in Belgium and France, he is proud to defend the fact that «the first French rap is Moroccan».
Trauma’s van Nora is a Facebook group created by a Dutch-Moroccan to help members of her community share their past traumas. The platform gained fame among the Moroccan community in the Netherlands.