Cheikh El Hasnaoui
Cheikh El Hasnaoui (1910–2002) was a Berber singer born in a small town near Tizi Ouzou in Algeria.
Career[]
He sang Algerian chaabi music, and was, along with Slimane Azem, responsible for laying the foundations of modern popular Kabyle music in the 1950s and 1960s.[1]
Death[]
He died in 2002 at Saint Pierre de la Reunion, France.
References[]
Categories:
- 1910 births
- 2002 deaths
- Algerian male singers
- Kabyle people
- 20th-century Algerian singers
- Algerian mondol players
- 20th-century male singers
- People from Tizi Ouzou Province
- Algerian people stubs
- African singer stubs