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Algerian musician and singer

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Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Algeria
Active from
1941-01-01
Active to
2016-11-30
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Amar Ezzahi (January 1, 1941 – November 30, 2016) was an Algerian singer and mandola (lute) player. He was the figurehead of Chaabi, the traditional music of Algiers. Amar Ezzahi was born as Amar Ait-Zaï in Ain El Hammam, a village of Kabylie, French Algeria. He grew up in the Casbah of Algiers. He was orphaned as a child. He started recording songs in 1963. In 1976, he recorded two albums. He only gave one concert on February 10, 1987 in Algiers. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Amar+Ezzahi

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date of birth
1941-01-01
date of death
2016-11-30
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Amar Ezzahi
birth name
Amar Ait zai
pseudonym
Amimar
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