So when music producer Ian Brennan gave the inmates an opportunity to record some tracks, the excitement was palpable. Now, the resultant album, "I Have No Everything Here," has been nominated for a Grammy Award in the "Best World Music Album" category, a first for a record out of Malawi.
"They
would do these amazing tribal songs to lift their spirits for the hours
they were allowed outside," recalls Brennan. "They're locked up for 12
hours a day, so when they're outside, they're outside. They don't take a
foot indoors if they can avoid it," he adds.
Brennan
was allowed rare access inside the prison along with his wife, Marilena
Delli, a filmmaker and photographer who documented the recording
process in one of the world's most overburdened jails.
"The
prison was designed to hold 330 people, and has 2,000 or more at any
given time," he says. Brennan recalls that space is so overstuffed,
prisoners are forced to sleep on top of each other and head-to-toe,
"like sardines."
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