Cheikh El Hasnaoui
Cheikh El Hasnaoui (1910–2002) was a Berber singer born in a small town near Tizi Ouzou in Algeria.
Career[edit]
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[edit]
He died in 2002 at Saint Pierre de la Reunion, France.
References[edit]
- ^ Korpe, Marie (2004) Shoot the singer!: music censorship today. Zed Books. ISBN 1-84277-505-7 p.116.
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