Sudan`s underground musicians turn defiant after uprising
(Artdaily.org)

During the day, Gadoora checks his patients at a clinic near Khartoum, but at night he locks himself in his room rapping songs which echo the sentiments of Sudan`s `revolution`. `The revolution broke the long-standing wall of fear,` said Gadoora. `Songs have become much more daring now,` added the doctor, who chose to use his stage name. A surge of freedom has taken over Sudan`s underground music scene since the army ousted longtime ruler Omar al-Bashir in April after months of nationwide protests against his rule. From rap to afrobeat, musicians living in Sudan and overseas have composed tunes punctuated by some of the protest movement`s most popular slogans. During Bashir`s ironfisted rule of three decades, Sudanese rappers had been unable to express themselves openly. Gadoora, who has been composing