Rkia Damsiria ( ar, رقية الدمسيرية; born January 1, 1948) is a Moroccan
Berber
Berber or Berbers may refer to:
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 ...
singer and poet. She writes and performs in
Tashelhit, her native Berber tongue.
Biography
Rkia Chewal or Damsiria was born in 1948 in Demsira, a region/tribe near
Imintanoute, 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
Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...
before she turned 14.
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
Mohamed Ajahud (full name: al-hajj Muhamad ibn Lahsen ad-Damsiri; 1936 – 11 November 1989), widely known as Mohamed Demsiri (in amazigh: Muḥmmad Albensir), was a Moroccan singer-poet (''ṛṛays'') and rebab player. He sang in Shilha. H ...
and
Said Achtouk
Said Achtouk (1925 – September 7, 1989) was a Moroccan singer, poet (''ṛṛays'') and songwriter. He wrote and sang in Tashelhit.
Biography
Said Bizrane or Achtouk was born in the village of Bizourane, part of Idaou-Bouzia which is o ...
.
She recorded her first album in 1967 and soon after, she became very popular in Morocco and among Moroccans in Europe.
Concert tour
She participated in several national festivals in Morocco such as Timitar.
Discography
Rkia Damsiria has a rich discography with around 800 songs.
See also
*
Shilha language
*
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, i ...
*
Aicha Tachinwit
References
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1948 births
20th-century Moroccan poets
21st-century Moroccan poets
20th-century Moroccan women singers
21st-century Moroccan women singers
Berber Moroccans
Berber musicians
Living people
Shilha people
Berber-language singers of Morocco