Fatima Banou (in
Berber
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Ethnic group
* Berbers, an ethnic group native to Northern Africa
* Berber languages, a family of Afro-Asiatic languages
Places
* Berber, Sudan, a town on the Nile
People with the surname
* Ady Berber (1913–196 ...
:''ⴼⴰⵟⵉⵎⴰ ⴱⴰⵏⵓ'' – born in
Tamanar in 1969), also known as Raissa Tihihit Mzzin (Little Tihihit), is a Moroccan singer in
Tachelhit dialect.
Childhood
Fatima Banou was born in 1969 in
Tamanar, in the region of
Essaouira
Essaouira ( ; ar, الصويرة, aṣ-Ṣawīra; shi, ⵜⴰⵚⵚⵓⵔⵜ, Taṣṣort, formerly ''Amegdul''), known until the 1960s as Mogador, is a port city in the western Moroccan region of Marakesh-Safi, on the Atlantic coast. It ha ...
, in
Morocco, in a family having 7 children. She had 3 brothers and 3 sisters. Fatima was forced to marry at the age of 8 by her parents, and could not live with an adult husband at the age. She divorced and was married her cousin, but that marriage ended also, and by the age of 15 she was a single mother of her daughter.
Career
Raissa Fatima Tihihit started her musical career in 1983, when she engaged in the troop of the Raiss (master) Lhaj Mohamed Albensir. In 1986, she formed her own group and collaborated with famous masters such as Lhaj
Omar Wahrouch
Omar Wahrouch (19261994) was a Moroccan singer-poet (''ṛṛays'') and songwriter. He wrote and sang in Tashelhit.
Biography
Omar Wahrouch was born in a small town near Imintanoute in the region of Marrakesh, Morocco. The date of his birth ...
and Ait Bounsir. Fatima Tihihit gave several concerts both in Morocco and internationally, where she performed as part of different tours (including France, Indonesia, USA, UAE, Saudi Arabia).
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Fatima Tihihit is also an actress and participated in several series and films on Moroccan television.
See also
* Tashelhit
* Omar Wahrouch
Omar Wahrouch (19261994) was a Moroccan singer-poet (''ṛṛays'') and songwriter. He wrote and sang in Tashelhit.
Biography
Omar Wahrouch was born in a small town near Imintanoute in the region of Marrakesh, Morocco. The date of his birth ...
* Fatima Tabaamrant
Fatima Tabaamrant (berber: ⴼⴰⵜⵉⵎⴰ ⵜⴰⴱⴰⵄⵎⵕⴰⵏⵜ; born 1962) is a Moroccan Berber actress and singer-songwriter. She sings and performs in her native Berber tongue.
Fatima Tabaamrant, was born in 1962 in Boughafar, int ...
References
1969 births
Moroccan folk singers
21st-century Moroccan women singers
Living people
People from Essaouira
20th-century Moroccan women singers
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