Lounis Ait Menguellet Explained

Lounis Aït Menguellet
Background:solo_singer
Birth Name:Abdenbi Aït Menguellet
Alias:Lounis Aït Menguellet
Birth Date:1950 1, df=y
Birth Place:Ighil Bouammas, Tizi Ouzou, French Algeria
Genre:World music
Occupation:Singer, poet
Instrument:Guitar
Years Active:1967–present

Abdenbi Aït Menguellet known as Lounis Aït Menguellet (born 17 January 1950) is an Algerian singer born in Ighil Bouammas, Tizi Ouzou Province in the Kabylie region. Lounis Aït Menguellet sings in the Berber languages (Kabyle variant).

Discography

Year Kabyle Title French Title English Translation
1975Telt yamTrois joursThree Days
1976Anida teğğam mmiOù avez-vous laissé mon filsWhere you left my son
1977AmjahedLe martyre the martyr
1978Aεeṭṭar
1979Ay aguOh nuageO fogue
1981 A lmus-iwMon sabre My sword
1982Eṭes eṭesDors, dors Sleep, sleep
1983A mmi Oh Mon fils O my son
1984Eğğet-iyiLaissez-moiLeave me
1986AsefruLe poème The Poem
1988Les années d'or (6 volumesThe Golden Years (6 albums)
1989AcimiPourquoi ?Why?
1990Avriḍ n ṭemzi (tirga n ṭemzi)Chemin de jeunesse (rêves de jeunesse) The way of youth (dreams of youth)
1992A kwen-ixḍeε RebbiQue Dieu vous maudisse Be Cursed
1993AwalLe Mot The Word
1995Iminig g-iḍLe Voyageur de NuitTraveller of the Night
1997Siwel-iyi-d tamacahutRaconte-moi une histoire Tell me a story
1999Inagan (Tiregwa)Témoins (Ruisseaux)Witness (Streams)
2001InasenDis leur Tell them
2005Yenna-d wemγarLe sage a ditThe wise-man said
2010Tawriqt TacevhantLa Feuille BelleThe Beautiful Sheet
2014Isefra Les poemes Poems
2017Tudert nniCette vie That life
2024Snitra-wMa guitare My Guitar

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