Pakistani musicians use folk songs and rap to raise climate change awareness

Pakistani musicians use folk songs and rap to raise climate change

UMERKOT, Pakistan: Villagers hush when Pakistani folk musician Sham Bhai starts singing about climate change, her clear voice rising above the simple squat dwellings. “We are the people of the south. The winds seem to be blowing from the north. The winds seem cold and warm. My heart is burned from seeing the collapsed houses in the rain. Oh, beloved, come home soon.” Sham is

Pakistani musicians use folk songs and rap to raise climate change awareness

Pakistani folk musician Sham Bhai is using song to teach villagers about climate change. She is from Sindh, the province worst-hit three years ago by climate-worsened deluges that affected tens of millions of people nationwide and washed away homes, farmland, and infrastructure.