Larbi Batma Explained

Larbi Batma
Birth Place:	Chaouia
Nationality:	Moroccan
Citizenship:	Morocco

Laarbi Batma (or Laarbi Batma) (Arabic: العربي باطما; born in Chaouia; 1948 - 7 February 1997) was a Moroccan musician, poet, singer, writer,^[1] actor, and the front man of the group Nass El Ghiwane.

Early life

Batma grew up in the Hay Mohammadi neighborhood in Casablanca.^[2]

Batma was very much influenced by the music style of the mawsims of his native region that he used to frequent as a child.^[3]

Nass El Ghiwane

Batma was a founding member of Nass El Ghiwane. He was a vocalist and percussionist for the group until his death in 1997. He was considered the architect of the group.

Cinema

Batma was the lead actor in the Moroccan movie Le jour du forain, directed by Driss Kettani and Abdelkrim Derkaoui.^[4] He also starred in Ahmed el-Maanouni's Trances, a documentary on Nass El Ghiwane.^[5]

References

• "Adieu Batma", obituary of Laarbi Batma in Jeune Afrique, 1997 Mar-May
• Abdallah Mdarhri Alaoui, Aspects du roman marocain, 1950-2003: approche historique, thématique et esthétique,ed. Éditions zaouia, 2006, p. 65

Notes and References

1. Web site: MATIN . Nadia Ouiddar, LE . Nass El Ghiwane . 2022-11-14 . lematin.ma . 19 February 2021 . fr.
2. Web site: Vidéo. Il y a 20 ans, Larbi Batma nous quittait . 2022-11-14 . Le360.ma.
3. Book: Moroccan Songwriters Laarbi Batma Ahmed. .
4. Web site: CCM. Le jour du forain. CCM. 1984.
5. News: Canby . Vincent . 1981-10-03 . 'TRANSES,' MOROCCAN MUSICAL . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-11-14 . 0362-4331.