The British ethnomusicologist John Baily conducted fieldwork on the music of Afghanistan, focusing mostly in Herat, between 1973 -1978. In 1985, he produced the documentary film “Amir: An Afghan Refugee Musician’s Life in Peshawar, Pakistan”. In Peshawar Baily reconnects with Amir Mohammad, a musician from Herat and the film’s main character. The film is an insightful look in the lives of musicians who fled the war in Afghanistan in the mid 1980s.
Here is a short clip introducing the main character:
By the early 1990s, the fundamentalist “mujaheddin” government took over Afghanistan, which viewed music as unacceptable, leading to a wave of persecuted musicians becoming refugees. Finally when the Taliban stormed into power, all musical forms were banned.
It is unfortunate to see the naive outlook by Afghans– at that time, or even today– about the true roots of the USSR-Afghan war where Afghanistan was used as a pawn in the US game to trap and deliver the USSR its Vietnam in Afghanistan.
You can purchase or rent the documentary from Amazon.
Here you can download the study guide (pdf format).
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