Boussouar El Maghnaoui
Boussouar El Maghnaoui (born 1955 in Maghnia, Algeria) is an Algerian rai singer-songwriter.[1][2]
Biography
[edit]Born in 1955 in Maghnia (Tlemcen Province), Algeria. He recounts it in his song "Je T'aime L'Algérie" (I love you Algeria) in 1978:
"I love you, I love you, I love you all my life. It is you Algeria, a chance that calls you, in Maghnia I was born, where I have love and friendship. Yes in Tlemcen it is nice, it is the light of my life". [3]
His first appearance in rai music dates back to 1974. He has worked with several Algerian rai singers throughout the years, including Bellemou Messaoud, Boutaiba Sghir, Brahim Ounassar, Fadila, Groupe el Azhar, and Groupe Gana.[4]
Discography
[edit]- Khodi brayti / Ya zina diri latay (Hillali, recorded in 1975)
- EP with Gana el Maghnaoui (El Anwar, 1977)
- Dayak oulabasse / Salamate salamate with Bellemou Messaoud (El Mehar, 1978)
- Dayek ou labes / Salamate salamate (Azhar)
- LP with Boutaiba Sghir (Edition MK7)
- LP with Fadila
- Pop Ray (Ouaka, 1986)
- Gouli oui oui (Believe / Brahim Ounassar, 2013)
- Je t'aime l'Algerie (1978)
Songs
[edit]- Khla dar mha
- Gouli oui oui
- Ya raiy
- Khali ya khali
- Fakerni besslam
- Baouna hellou lamale
- Mazalki sghira
- Hak chtaytak
- Ya wahrania, waldik fakou bya [5]
- El-Djazair [6]
- Sonatrach [7]
- Je t'aime l'Algerie [8]
- Diri lataye [9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Swedenburg, T. (2019). On the Origins of Pop Rai". Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication: 12(1), 7–34. doi:10.1163/18739865-01201003. S2CID 150856565.
- ^ "biography". Archived from the original on 11 May 2021.
- ^ "Boussouar El Maghnaoui – Je T'aime L'Algérie". Discogs. Archived from the original on 26 December 2021.
- ^ "discography". Discogs. Archived from the original on 18 February 2021.
- ^ "song". Discogs. Archived from the original on 26 December 2021.
- ^ "song". Discogs. Archived from the original on 26 December 2021.
- ^ "songs". Discogs. Archived from the original on 26 December 2021.
- ^ "song". Discogs. Archived from the original on 26 December 2021.
- ^ "song". Discogs. Archived from the original on 26 December 2021.
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