Laarbi Batma (or Laarbi Batma) ( ar, العربي باطما; born in
Chaouia Chaouia may refer to:
* Chaouia (region), a historical and ethno-geographical region of Morocco
* Chaouia-Ouardigha, an administrative region of Morocco
* Shawiya people, a Berber ethnic group of Algeria
* Shawiya language
Shawiya, or Shawiya Be ...
; 1948 - 7 February 1997) was a
Moroccan musician, poet, singer, writer, actor, and the front man of the group
Nass El Ghiwane.
Early life
Batma grew up in the
Hay Mohammadi neighborhood in Casablanca.
Batma was very much influenced by the music style of the
mawsims of his native region that he used to frequent as a child.
Nass El Ghiwane
Batma was a founding member of Nass El Ghiwane. He was a vocalist and percussionist for the group until his death in 1997. He was considered the architect of the group.
Cinema
Batma was the lead actor in the Moroccan movie
''Le jour du forain'', directed by Driss Kettani and
Abdelkrim Derkaoui
Mohamed Abdelkrim Derkaoui (born March 29, 1945 in Oujda
Oujda ( ar, وجدة; ber, ⵡⵓⵊⴷⴰ, Wujda) is a major Moroccan city in its northeast near the border with Algeria. Oujda is the capital city of the Oriental region of northeaste ...
. He also starred in Ahmed el-Maanouni's ''
Trances
''Trances'' is the second album by the American ambient musician Robert Rich. Like his first album '' Sunyata'', this album consists of slow, textural drone music.
In 1994 this album was bound with Rich's third album, '' Drones'', on the two-di ...
'', a documentary on Nass El Ghiwane.
See also
*
Nass El Ghiwane
*
Hay Mohammadi
References
* "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
External links
Larbi Batmaon
IMDb
1948 births
1997 deaths
20th-century Moroccan male singers
20th-century Moroccan male actors
Moroccan autobiographers
Moroccan folk singers
Moroccan male poets
Moroccan songwriters
People from Casablanca
20th-century Moroccan musicians
Moroccan male film actors
Date of birth missing
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