Ayman al-Rubo

Ayman al-Rubo (date of birth unknown) - also spelled Al Rubaa - is a Sudanese musician from Omdurman, the most populated city in Sudan on the western banks of the River Nile, opposite the national capital Khartoum. Since the late 2000s, he has been considered to be the founder of Zenig (also transliterated Zanig) as a new genre of the contemporary urban music of Sudan.^[1]

Al-Rubo arguably played a key role for youth mobilisation and resistance against the Islamist regime of Omar Al Bashir as "an icon of Khartoum’s underclass."^[2]

^ El Gizouli, Magdi (January 2020). "Mobilization and Resistance in Sudan's Uprising - From neighbourhood committees to zanig queens" (PDF). Rift Valley Institute (RVI). p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-04-07. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
^ Soumade, Wahib (13 July 2012). "Rubo rocks for reconciliation: Wardi remake released". The Niles. Retrieved 9 September 2020.

[:0-1] El Gizouli, Magdi (January 2020). "Mobilization and Resistance in Sudan's Uprising - From neighbourhood committees to zanig queens" (PDF). Rift Valley Institute (RVI). p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-04-07. Retrieved 9 September 2020.

[:1-2] Soumade, Wahib (13 July 2012). "Rubo rocks for reconciliation: Wardi remake released". The Niles. Retrieved 9 September 2020.

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