Rkia Damsiria Explained

Rkia Damsiria
Birth Date:	1 January 1948
Birth Place:	Chichaoua, Morocco
Native Name:	Arabic: رقية الدمسيرية
Native Name Lang:	ar
Occupation:	Singer-poet

Rkia Damsiria (Arabic: رقية الدمسيرية; born January 1, 1948) is a Moroccan Berber singer and poet. She writes and performs in Tashelhit, her native Berber tongue.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Biography

Rkia Chewal or Damsiria was born in 1948 in Demsira, a town near Chichaoua, Morocco. She had a difficult childhood because she lost her mother at the age of 4, was maltreated by her father's wife and forced to marry. Soon after, she fled to the city of Casablanca before she turned 14.

While in Casablanca, she started singing and her beginning was in the middle of 1960s with some of the most popular Amazigh rwaiss artists at that time such as Mohamed Demsiri and Said Achtouk. She recorded her first album in 1967 and soon after, she became very popular in Morocco and among Moroccans in Europe.^[4]

Concert tour

She participated in several national festivals in Morocco such as Timitar.

Discography

Rkia Damsiria has a rich discography with around 800 songs.^{[5] [6]}

See also

• Shilha language
• Fatima Tabaamrant
• Aicha Tachinwit

Notes and References

1. Web site: رقية الدمسيرية حولت مأساتها لفن أمازيغي. alkhaleej.ae. 20 March 2020.
2. Web site: رقية الدمسيرية. 16 December 2017. ...::: تين ؤسّان ::: .... ar. 20 March 2020.
3. Web site: رقية الدمسيرية. discogs. 20 March 2020.
4. Web site: الرايسة رقية الدمسيرية: بدايتي لم تكن سهلة ولم تفرش لي الورود. Hespress. 18 July 2011 . ar. 20 March 2020.
5. Web site: رائدة الأغنية الأمازيغية الرايسة الدمسيرية في حوار مع "أخبار بلادي". مغرس. 20 March 2020.
6. Web site: Rkia Demsiria. Spotify. 20 March 2020.