Govenda Azadîxwazan

Govenda azadîxwazan (Kurdish: گۆڤەندا ئازادیخوازان‎, romanized: Govenda azadîxwazan, lit. 'The Dance of Those Who Want Liberation')[1][2] is the first album by Kurdish artist Şivan Perwer, released in 1975 as a cassette album. Perwer was accompanied by the Kurdish tanbur which is his signature instrument.[3]

Govenda Azadîxwazan
Studio album by
Şivan Perwer
Released1975 (1975)
GenreKurdish music
Length47:25
LanguageKurdish
Şivan Perwer chronology
Govenda Azadîxwazan
(1975)		 Hevalê Bargiran im
(1975)

The lyrics of the album have been described as 'militant' and emphasized on Kurdish identity and the desire for an independent Kurdistan, while reserving space for Marxist and anti-colonial sentiments as well.[3] The album would become the first album that fused traditional Kurdish music with the Kurdish cause.[4]

The album was released again in 2012 as a studio album by Pel Records.[4]

Impact

The cassette was distributed clandestinely due to the ban on the Kurdish language by Turkey and Perwer jeopardized his newly found career for his refusal to sing in Turkish and by singing in Kurdish publicly. Perwer ultimately fled to Germany in 1976.[5][2]

Track listing

All of the songs are in Kurmanji:

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Ger ez şehîd bim, dayê tu megrî"Mehmed Emîn Bozarslan7:48
2."Govenda azadîxwazan"Şivan Perwer2:55
3."Ey karker û xebatkar"Cigerxwîn7:13
4."Bila bihar bi xêr bê"Cigerxwîn6:20
5."Hêsirê min dibarin"Mihemed Şêxo3:52
6."Ka Kurdistana min ka"Cigerxwîn5:11
7."Li Dêrsimê"Şivan Perwer7:04
8."Tev jir û zana bin"Şivan Perwer4:19
9."Ey felek"Cigerxwîn2:43
Total length:47:25[6]

References
  1. "بە ڤیدیۆ: شڤان پەروەر ، بۆ رۆژئاواى کوردستان دەگرێت". Galawej (in Kurdish). 9 October 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  2. Hongur, Gönenç (2014). "Politics, Struggle, Violence, And The Transformation Of Expressive Culture: An Ethnography Of Kurds' Musical Practices in Turkey" (PDF). p. 66. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  3. Hongur, Gönenç (2014). "Politics, Struggle, Violence, And The Transformation Of Expressive Culture: An Ethnography Of Kurds' Musical Practices in Turkey" (PDF). p. 68. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  4. "Hemû albumên Şivan Perwer ji alîyê Pelrecordsê ve ji nû ve tên çap kirin". doxata (in Kurdish). 15 September 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  5. Reigle, Robert F. (2013). "A brief history of Kurdish music recordings in Turkey". Hejmec. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  6. "Govenda Azadixwazan". Retrieved 19 December 2020.
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