Cheikh El Hasnaoui

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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[]

  1. ^ Korpe, Marie (2004) Shoot the singer!: music censorship today. Zed Books. ISBN 1-84277-505-7 p.116.

Cheik El Hasnaoui website


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