Akli Yahiatene

Akli Yahiatene (born in 1933) is an Amazigh-Kabyle singer, from Algeria. He was born in Aït-Mendes, near Boghni (wilaya of Tizi Ouzou), and emigrated to France in the 1950s, where he worked in Citroën plants and supported the Algerian Front de libération nationale (FLN), for which he was put in jail several times where he composed many songs.[1] His popularity lasted from the 1950s to the 1970s.[2]

Akli Yahiatene

References

"Hommage de l'Orchestre symphonique national à Akli Yahiatene - Le chanteur kabyle de l'exil sera honoré lors de deux concerts". La Tribune. 2 September 2009. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
Broughton, Simon; et al. (1999). Africa, Europe and the Middle East. Rough Guides. p. 426. ISBN 978-1-85828-635-8.

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[1] "Hommage de l'Orchestre symphonique national à Akli Yahiatene - Le chanteur kabyle de l'exil sera honoré lors de deux concerts". La Tribune. 2 September 2009. Retrieved 22 April 2010.

[2] Broughton, Simon; et al. (1999). Africa, Europe and the Middle East. Rough Guides. p. 426. ISBN 978-1-85828-635-8.

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