Rkia Damsiria
Rkia Damsiria رقية الدمسيرية | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | 1 January 1948 Chichaoua, Morocco |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-poet |
Rkia Damsiria (Arabic: رقية الدمسيرية; born January 1, 1948) is a Moroccan Berber singer and poet. She writes and performs in Tashelhit, her native Berber tongue.[1][2][3]
Biography[edit]
Rkia Chewal or Damsiria was born in 1948 in Demsira, a town near Chichaoua, Morocco. She had a difficult childhood because she lost her mother at the age of 4, was maltreated by her father's wife and forced to marry. Soon after, she fled to the city of Casablanca before she turned 14.[1]
While in Casablanca, she started singing and her beginning was in the middle of 1960s with some of the most popular Amazigh rwaiss artists at that time such as Mohamed Demsiri and Said Achtouk.[4] She recorded her first album in 1967 and soon after, she became very popular in Morocco and among Moroccans in Europe.[1][5]
Concert tour[edit]
She participated in several national festivals in Morocco such as Timitar.[4]
Discography[edit]
Rkia Damsiria has a rich discography with around 800 songs.[4][6]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "رقية الدمسيرية حولت مأساتها لفن أمازيغي". alkhaleej.ae. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- ^ "رقية الدمسيرية". ...::: تين ؤسّان ::: ... (in Arabic). 16 December 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- ^ "رقية الدمسيرية". discogs. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- ^ a b c "رائدة الأغنية الأمازيغية الرايسة الدمسيرية في حوار مع "أخبار بلادي"". مغرس. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- ^ "الرايسة رقية الدمسيرية: بدايتي لم تكن سهلة ولم تفرش لي الورود". Hespress (in Arabic). 18 July 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- ^ "Rkia Demsiria". Spotify. Retrieved 20 March 2020.