Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 11:00 AM
WHAMMY!, Los Angeles
Do you or your family have tapes that have been sitting in a closet, untouched, and unplayed for years? Come to Whammy Analog! on Sunday, March 29th to have a conversation with Haneen Sidahmed, creator of Sudan Tapes Archives, on how you can save your community’s audio heritage, affordably, using open-source and DIY solutions. Haneen Sidahmed grew up listening to Sudanese cassette tapes in her household and knew this music would be lost to time, degradation, indifference, and cultural destruction if no one cared to do something about it. What was first a personal project of simply wanting to hear these songs from her childhood has now become a growing digital archive of Sudanese music consisting of over 400 tracks that continues to grow. In the wake of a genocidal war that has destroyed countless archives, libraries and cultural institutions across Sudan, Haneen’s work is more crucial than ever, in her words, “preserving Sudan’s sonic imprint.” Archives are not only the products of well-resourced academic institutions and production companies. Often, they are the labor of nostalgia geeks, enthusiasts, community advocates, and ordinary people refusing to let culture be forgotten. [https://www.sudantapesarchive.com/](https://www.sudantapesarchive.com/) ## Sunday, March 2911:00 AM ## $10 general admission, $8 for Whammy! or TAPE members *Presented by* *[T.A.P.E.](https://tapeanalog.org/)* *- a Los Angeles based 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to facilitating support for analog media through free digitizing, education, hands-on training, equipment rentals and volunteer opportunities. Teach, archive, preserve, exhibit.* *Whammy! is located in the REAR unit of 2514 Sunset Blvd, entrance access is via Rampart Blvd.*