Nancy Ajaj is a Sudanese singer who has become very famous in recent years. Her voice can be seriously annoying sometimes when she maintains the same high pitch without enough variation but overall, I think she’s adorable and love what she has to offer.
Sudanese conservatives loathe her of course. Let them enjoy doing so as much as they want, just as long as they don’t try to harass her and shut her up.
Enjoy the first two minutes of this clip.
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very sweet - too sweet for a whole musical meal but very sweet..
looks indian..
She *is* sweet.
She’s hot…so the head-dress is no longer “cool” and a must in Sudan nowadays? Oh, how things have changed!
Give me Hamza el Din of Nubia to listen to and the rest is arabic style rubbish music.
Long live Nubia and down with the Arab masters.
Lovely girl, sweet voice, boring song (sorry)…
Why do conservatives loathe her ? Does she sing “adult lyrics” or something ?
Juba, you’ve got serious issues. Down with idiots like you who are just as bad as supremacist Sudanese Arabs.
Halalhippie, don’t worry my feelings are not hurt.
She’s not the best Sudan has to offer in terms of music but I do like her overall. Conservatives don’t like her because they think she’s Westernized and secular.
“…Conservatives don’t like her because they think she’s Westernized and secular…”
What’s new?
Is there something else these conservative muslim do not like? Westernized and secular!!! Aren’t they the sides of the same coin? Is there really a difference in the eyes of radical conservative between the two?
Maybe conservative do not like her because she is a woman and her name is Nancy. I am guessing that if her name happened to be Khadija instead, she might have pass the test of acceptance and recognition. Who knows?
Me having serious issues? What issues are you talking about? I have none. I am proud of my Nubian heritage, and I grew out of this idea that I could be both black and muslim sudanese. You can keep holding on your old master’s religion if it can provide you with a sense of who you are.
It is you that have serious problem calling visitors “idiots”. As long as you are slave of your masters religion of fear and mysogyny you cannot fool people. Why put this singer on your blog if you cannot handle the heat of one anti-arab comment. What were you expecting? some praise of this second grade singer. It goes to show that you entry are left to be desired when only few comments are posted.
I am a son of a deceased cadre of the old country of Numeiri. My father migrated to Britain then Britain. I am a pround Afro-centric nubian. You can keep defending this theocratic country of yours that have been usurped by the muslims Arab mauroders. Wondering who have issues. I am out. Next time keep Bob Marley clips rolling and instead of this lady called Nancy. Maybe a clip showing the dancing and chanting of the beautiful Dinka people of Southern Soudan. These once thriving beautiful people have been decimated by your muslim arabo-centric masters.
very good blog, congratulations
regard from Catalonia Spain
thank you
hey Juba,
Please take a hike! We advocate tolerance on this site.
Asma ana,
You have to be really careful, with the term Tolerance. It may mean tolerating the sharia laws and Sudan’s genocidal policies and I may even add their “intolerance”.
Juba, allow me to elaborate.
What I find troubling with your stance is that you’re basically projecting what Arabs have done in the past onto Nancy Ajaj simply because she’s an Arab. That’s kinda like me calling Frank Sinatra or Elvis rubbish white music just because of what the White man has done in the past.
Read this, your words, not mine:
“Give me Hamza el Din of Nubia to listen to and the rest is arabic style rubbish music.
Long live Nubia and down with the Arab masters.”
Yeah, white music is rubbish. Down with white master huh?
Listen, I am of mixed blood. I’m an Afro-Arab and I condemn the crap supremacist Sudanese Arabs have done in Sudan. But guess what? I get annoyed by the racism of some Southern Sudanese who are hostile towards me simply because they see me as a Northern Sudanese Arab. That’s all they know about me, not my stances, opinions or what I think. It doesn’t matter to them. I’m just an Evil Arab.
So yeah, tell me again why your attitude fine? It’s downright racist. You wanna have a grudge against what supremacist Arabs have done in Sudan and continue to do in places like Darfur, no problem. I am harshly critical of that crap and the forced Arabization policies applied in places like the South. What the NIF and regimes before it did to the South was a Nazi nightmare. Garang is a hero and a true visionary who heartily believed in the concept of New Sudan. Too bad he’s gone now.
I’m open to criticisms and different ideas but I ain’t going to welcome racist overgeneralizing comments.
Yeah, down with rubbish Arabic music and the Arab master.
If I misunderstood you (which I don’t think I did), please re-explain. I’m all ears!
John, you’re right about the word “tolerance” but Juba’s attitude is by no means “tolerable” and I don’t think it deserves any defense whatsoever.
Well well well… What can i say.
If someone is going crazy about that singer, they are shooting themselves in the foot. I would’nt even have noticed her at all… I mean, great guitar play, it reminds me of our lovely Upper Egypt, but the song sounds like something the local barber in Kom Ombo plays on his 60-year old radio, and dont even get me started on her voice. Not a singer that awakes any feelings inside me at all, except perhaps a twist of annoyment due to her voice.
But how can you guys tell that she is secular? Because she has no veil?
All in all, i think this is a non-issue - as an arab conservative, i cannot see how this threatens any islamic values in Sudan. She’s in no way provocative - Nothing compared to our situation in Egypt
Instead of fighting down there, chill, and be happy that the Nile flows northwards!
halalhippie:
The sound is called Ya Sadiqi = O My Friend.
the song, i meant
is Nancy (whoever she may be) having such an effect on us that she can be the cause of such heated discussion? wow !!! Sudans’ problems are all solved and we can push political and race problems onto an unknown singer !! Pls chill and stop breaking up the poor country .. Sudanese don’t need this junk just because you have internet access and the opportunity to anonymously voice some race issues you personally have. get a life somewhere!! Supremacist Arabs, Slave Blacks … what other catchphrases will you use next (even these are not new you know)?
Nice voice!!!
but the sad thing is the fact that Sudan and Africa in general has been stolen by these shameful Arabs…what can i say!!
To all of you, I’ve just came across your web and the lady singer by accident, surprised by all comment, wither you like her or not , show some respect.
I know that profit Mohamed taught us a good lesson” be polite or keep quite”.
thank you nasser for your comment.
On the other hand ,for the rest of you , please write on this public web in amore professional manner , to show how civilized you are regardless of your origin.
isnt it amazing.. u post a song and you never know where the discussion will lead to..
Drima,
You must be right. People must separate politics from culture. am from the south but I never ever view any person from north as evil arab. I would call politicians evil because they have the power , they must do something with that power to instigate people against people.
Yeah some southerners are frustrated due to what they have gone through/seen in the south during the war. I hope you had a chance to see the south during the war and see for your eye what really happened there. But still I can not call that arab evil. It was not an average citizens who did it or planned it. Someone else is responsible. So don’t generalized southerners as haters. I spent my entire live in the south but I don’t have , rather to debate with like minded people.
listen all of you i can feel strongly you are very young dynamic sudanese, you have to grow up stop thinking the way your our enemy wants us to think as individual, no body have any rights to evalite the people from his or her own point of view, war is always ugly and always leave it is stocks and negative touches but the real challange to forget our mistakes and try seriously to correct them, to forgive our sins, to specify our positive aims to positive in our thinking stop this rubbish and stop judging people by their past, you are young show the rest of the world how you are going to build that aimless country stop shooting at each other for no reason grow up , iam very sad to see young people like you jailed them self in the past, you know iam now 87years old i can’t take this kind of shit any more you are the future of that country, WAKE UP and around you/
hmmmmmmmm
here voice is nothing spcial
to me nada is the number one this girl needs singin g lessons
Can people stop mentioning that UGLY FAT UNTALENTED COW NADA AL GALA!! How dare u compare beautiful nancy to that ugly cow nada al gala!!
beautiful voice & beautiful music! beautiful girl! beautiful song! from a beautiful country!
couldn’t help it but notice all the arguments about lots of issues concerning our country…
0. i am not going to comment on them but i will say this>
i am a Sudanese call me what ever you call me mixed, Arab or a slave that’s controlled by Islam and Arabs. i know that i am not pure African.
1- i hate racism. i do not practice it and i do not have respect for who ever does.
2- i am proud of my African 50, 60, or what ever percentage. i am also happy about having some arab in me because that blessed me with ISLAM in a way.
3. i hate what is happening to our country. all this anger and hate we have for each other, it is sad. the fighting over stupid reasons. and you all know what im talking about.
4. so what if she/he is a Christian or a Muslim?!
so what if he/she is black or white? we are all Sudanese aren’t we?
5. i am only 20 years. i know that i might not be able to fix a thing in Sudan, BUT HAND TO GOD i will try my best to do so. if we don’t stop hating on each other like that, this will never stop. in 50 years from now my child will be sitting here having the same argument with some of your children.
and as “3mo” Ahmed said WAKE UP!
have a great day my dear Sudanese brothers and sisters.
Politics , art, music,and culture don’t mix. I am sorry some Sudanese folks are engulf in politics while Nacy Ajaj should be complimented for her talent. Sudanese , my people we have a long way to go. I am from the South but I listen to music from the North even the traditional one as long as it has good meaning to it. I listen to music from as far as west African country of Mali because it is authentic but I don’t understand why Sudanese are hating one an other. Grilled your selves but am enjoying my Nacy Ajaj. She is beautiful and representing Sudanese in a good way. Escape from the hell of politics guys and enjoy the arts:)
Azhar Sudan
Good job brother. Sudan is infested with bad leaders, not the of people sudan. One day we win over racism or tribalism should I called it. People like you would be bless to be the next generation leaders. am happy for your thinking. Keep it going and you will make a difference in our country.Inshalla.
I like Nancy Ajaj becouse her voice is really enjoyable… i like her song called Jismi Manhuul.
Ahmed Al-Safwi: your egypt centric attitude of looking down on all things sudanese is really not appreciated. And yes egypt has a serious exploitation problem of the female sexuality, not in any way an excuse to attack female entertainers in the name of allah, but I’m glad you are at least aware of it.
Also to the rest: Nancy is not hated by the conservative sudanese b/c she is secular or provocative, but b/c she refused to be bought by them. Everyone sudanese knows there is nothing inappropriate about her behavior or looks really. She is also very friendly with the a lot of main members of the SPLM Party.
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