Larbi Batma
Larbi Batma | |
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| Born | 1947 |
| Died | 1997 (aged 49–50) |
| Citizenship | Morocco |
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Laarbi Batma (or Laarbi Batma) (Arabic: العربي باطما; born in Chaouia; 7 February 1947 - 7 February 1997) was a Moroccan musician, poet, singer, writer,[1] actor, and the front man of the group Nass El Ghiwane.
Early life
Laarbi grew up in the Hay Mohammadi neighborhood in Casablanca.[2]
He was very much influenced by the music style of the mawsims of his native region that he used to frequent as a child.[3]
Nass El Ghiwane
Laarbi was a founding member of Nass El Ghiwane. He was a vocalist and percussionist for the group until his death in 1997.[2]
Cinema
Laarbi was the lead actor in the Moroccan movie Le jour du forain, directed by Driss Kettani and Abdelkrim Derkaoui.[4] He also starred in Ahmed el-Maanouni's Trances, a documentary on Nass El Ghiwane.[5]
See also
- Nass El Ghiwane – Moroccan band
- Hay Mohammadi
References
- ^ MATIN, Nadia Ouiddar, LE (19 February 2021). "Nass El Ghiwane". lematin.ma (in French). Retrieved 2022-11-14.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b "Vidéo. Il y a 20 ans, Larbi Batma nous quittait". Le360.ma. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
- ^ Moroccan Songwriters Laarbi Batma Ahmed. ASIN 1157172229.
- ^ CCM (1984). "Le jour du forain". CCM.
- ^ Canby, Vincent (1981-10-03). "'TRANSES,' MOROCCAN MUSICAL". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
Further reading
- "Adieu Batma", obituary of Laarbi Batma in Jeune Afrique, 1997 Mar-May
- Abdallah Mdarhri Alaoui, Aspects du roman marocain, 1950-2003: approche historique, thématique et esthétique,ed. Éditions zaouia, 2006, p. 65
- Simour, Lhoussain (2016-10-21). Larbi Batma, Nass el-Ghiwane and Postcolonial Music in Morocco. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-2581-2.
External links
- Larbi Batma at IMDb