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Chaabi:

The People's Music

of North Africa

Ancestry

Arab-Andalusian

  • In 1492, at the height of the Spainish Inquisition, the Jews and Moors fled Spain to North Africa and Portugal.

They brought with them the Arab-Andalusian music which had migrated from Egypt, Istanbul, and Baghdad to Moorish Spain

From this clash of cultures of Arabs, Jews, Muslims, and Moriscos (Spanish Christians of Muslim decent) flowed the folk music of Algeria, with topics of love, loss, exile, friendship and betrayal.

  • Early Chaabi music incorporated the oud and hadjuj, with some form of drum
  • Now chaabi groups have added the bouzouki and electric guitars
  • Initially, considered scandalous, it was played behind closed doors until the 1950's

Morocan Chaabi

  • Similar to Algerian Rai a mixture of Spanish, French, African and Arabic music, dating back to the 1930s.

Algerian Chaabi

El Hadj M'Hamed El Anka

  • Considered the "Grand Master" of Chaabi music
  • At age 13 he joined an orchestra as a tambourine player led by sheik Mustapha Nador
  • In 1926 El Hadj M'Hamed El Anka took over the orchestra following the death of sheik Mustapha Nador

Dahmane El Harrachi

  • He is of Berber orgin
  • Moved to Paris in 1949, made a name for himself while playing in Algerian cafes.
  • His most famous song, "Ya Rayah" (The Emigrant) brings to mind the odyssey of this music over the ages.
  • Chaabi songs usually end with a leseb, or clapping
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