28 Jun 2016

Death of a musician

From Upbeat, 1:19 pm on 28 June 2016

Ethnomusicologist Mona-Lynn Courteau reflects on the life, and untimely death of well-known Pakistani musician Amjad Sabri. She explains why the singer, who performed Qawwali, devotional music from the Sufi tradition, was targeted by gunmen last week and why his funeral attracted thousands onto the streets of Karachi.