Abderrahmane Abdelli
Abderrahmane Abdelli is an Berber author, composer, and singer songwriter known for mixing the traditional North African music of his homeland with modern sounds.
Abdelli was born in Mechta Behalil, a hamlet in the Great Kabylie, Algeria, during the Algerian War of Independence. His family was displaced by the bombing of their village, Kennour, part of the Tizi Ouzou Province, by the French airforce. After the war, Abdellis family settled in the coastal town of Dellys. As a boy, Abdelli constructed his first guitar out of an empty oil can, a plank of wood and fishing line. After learning to play the guitar, Abdelli was introduced to the mandolin by Chaabi master, Chad MohEsguir.
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