Algeria Episode 2 – Track List
Soixante Trois – Tinariwen - This track makes reference to the first Tuareg Rebellion in 1963 - “’63 has gone, but will return. Those days have left their traces”
Words by Ousmane Ag Mossa, lead singer of Tamikrest (2019)
Tisnant an Chatma - Tamikrest
Tiniri - Tikoubaouine
Words by Kateb Yacine – excerpt from documentary, “Kateb Yacine - Poète en trois langue” (2001) by Stéphane Gatti.
Le Combat Continue - Tiwiza
Algérie le conte de fées - Hamma
Regard sur l'histoire d'un pays damné (2e partie) - Matoub Lounes
3lem Edzayer - Rabah Donquishoot
Iminig G-Gid - Lounis Ait Menguellet
Taghrivt - Thara
Ekker D a Yelli - Messaoud Nedjahi, cover by Sarah and Ismael
Degout’age - Tiwiza
Tête à tête avec Baghdad - Gnawa Diffusion
Il etait une fois l'Algérie - Intik
Voice of Habiba Djahnine - speaking about her sister Nabila Djahnine, feminist, unionist and president of the association “Thighri N'tmettouth,\" murdered in 1995 by religious fundamentalists. Excerpt from documentary, “Avant de Franchir la ligne d'horizon by Habiba Djahnine” (2011). Habiba Djahnine also made a documentary about Nabila called “Lettre à ma soeur” available on Youtube.
Les Disparus - Intik - translates to “The Disappeared”, referring to the people that were disappeared in the 1990s.
Galou Hani Met - Cheb Hasni - Cheb Hasni was a rai singer from Oran, who was one of the many assassinated during this decade.
Monsieur Le President - Matoub Lounes - This track is a live performance in 1998, Matoub Lounes’ last performance before his assassination in June 1998.
Amazigh Kateb, son of Kateb Yacine, speaking of music as a means of representing the true history of a people at the 2009 Cultural Pan Africain Festival in Algiers. This is an excerpt from “Kateb Yacine, paroles contre l’oubli” by Hadj Fitas, available on Youtube.
Vghan Warrac - Idir - The title translates to ‘The children want’, in which Idir addresses the Algerian government.
Elo Bandia, Ouled Lahram - Baaziz
Deltna - MBS (Micro Brise le Silence)
Complices - Gnawa Diffusion
Ouaili - Baaziz
Taɛkemt n Tegrawla - Matoub Lounes
Nabila Djahnine – feminist and unionist speaking about Algerian women, their activism, and the silence from the government, as well as other ‘so-called democrat’ parties. Excerpt from the documentary “Lettre à ma soeur” (2006) by Habiba Djahnine.
نسال - Toute Fine - Zoulikha Tahar, an Algerian slam poet from Oran.
Nouar - Cheikha Rimitti
سماه - Toute Fine
Algérienne - Toute Fine
Samidoun (Résistance) - Chibane and Tikoubaouine
La Casa del Mouradia - Ouled El Bahdja - This song is one of the many USMA soccer team chants for freedom
Chanson Chaabi pour le Hirak / أغنية شعبي للحراك الجزائري - Mohamed Kechacha
Eddar Dari - Bandia Social Club
Roho - Gnawa Diffusion - This song was written in 2019, during the Hirak.
Dona Victoria - Raja Meziane
Système dégage – Chibane
IMAGE BY MOHAMMAD SABAANEH
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