Cherifa
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Ouardia Bouchemlal (January 9, 1926 – March 13, 2014) was an Algerian female singer-songwriter, originally from Kabylia, who composed hundreds of songs during her more than 40 years of artistic life.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 11
Top works
- Dans la Peau D'Audie
- Aïda et Eli - Mon Carnet de Notes (fruits)
- Aïda et Eli - Mon Carnet de Notes (vacances)
- Aïda et Eli - Mon Carnet de Notes (jouets)
- Aïda and Eli Go to School
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Algeria
- Active from
- 1926-01-09
- Active to
- 2014-03-13
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
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- 2,312
- Total plays
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Cherifa Kersit was born in 1967 in Tazrut Mu Uxbu in the area of Khénifra. Cherifa started training her voice when she was a little girl looking after her herd. At sixteen she started singing at weddings and local festivals and events. The natural talent of her voice has put Cherifa Kersit in the position of a cheikhat - professional singers and dancers who sometimes are part of the chorus of great masters, and other times become soloists continuing an ancient tradition of poetry declamation. <a
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Ouardia Bouchemlal (January 9, 1926 – March 13, 2014) was an Algerian female singer-songwriter, originally from Kabylia, who composed hundreds of songs during her more than 40 years of artistic life.
==Biography== Ouardia Bouchemlal was born on January 9, 1926, at Aït Halla, a small village located in the commune of El Main. Motherless, it is said she was under the tutelage of her uncles when her father remarried.
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