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Guest appearances: SOULOGIK (United States), CIRCUS RECIPE (Lesotho) & DAMOLA (Nigeria)
SAN presents: The ROHINGYA; a humble musical and artistic offering intended to help raise much needed awareness of the plight of the Rohingya. The record also seeks to celebrate the incredible and selfless work of photographers that risk their lives and freedom to capture the daily lives of Rohingya refugees.
Who are the Rohingya?
"Described by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as "one of, if not the, most discriminated people in the world", the Rohingya are one of Myanmar's many ethnic minorities.
The Rohingya, who numbered around one million in Myanmar at the start of 2017, are one of the many ethnic minorities in the country. Rohingya Muslims represent the largest percentage of Muslims in Myanmar, with the majority living in Rakhine state.
They have their own language and culture and say they are descendants of Arab traders and other groups who have been in the region for generations.
But the government of Myanmar, a predominantly Buddhist country, denies the Rohingya citizenship and even excluded them from the 2014 census, refusing to recognise them as a people.
It sees them as illegal immigrants from Bangladesh.
Since the 1970s, Rohingya have migrated across the region in significant numbers. Estimates of their numbers are often much higher than official figures.
In the last few years, before the latest crisis, thousands of Rohingya made perilous journeys out of Myanmar to escape communal violence or alleged abuses by the security forces."
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