Farid Ali (singer)
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2014}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Farid Ali
| birth_name = Khelifi Ali
| birth_date = January 9, 1919
| birth_place = Bounouh, French Algeria
| death_date = {{death date and age|1981|10|19|1919|1|9}}
| death_place = Boghni, Algeria
| occupations = Composer, musician (Arab, Kabyle, French)
}}
Farid Ali (January 9, 1919 – October 19, 1981) was an Algerian singer.
Early life
Biography
After a few years, he returned to the fold where he received his revolutionary friends, including Colonel Krim Belkacem. Arrested in 1956 by the colonial army, for his revolutionary activities, Farid Ali suffered the worst tortures throughout his detention. Farid was also part of the OS during the Algerian War and after his liberation in 1957 he joined the FLN art troupe that played a part in raising international awareness about the Algerian revolution, traveling in several countries, including Tunisia and China.{{Cite web |url=http://www.berberes.com/rubriques/1930-arezki-khlifi-fils-du-chanteur-revolutionnaire-farid-ali |title=Arezki Khlifi, fils du chanteur révolutionnaire Farid Ali |access-date=March 3, 2014 |archive-date=February 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222154228/http://berberes.com/rubriques/1930-arezki-khlifi-fils-du-chanteur-revolutionnaire-farid-ali |url-status=dead }} Encouraged by the various conductors of the moment: Mohamed El Kamal, Mohamed Jamoussi and later Amraoui Missoum, Farid dedicated himself to music since the late '40s.[http://www.lemidi-dz.com/index.php?operation=voir_article&id_article=culture@art1@2011-08-18 Farid Ali… la voix de la révolte] He sang the evocative Ayemma sver ur tsru (literally translated: mum, be patient and don't cry) written by Mustapha Sahnoun[http://www.lematindz.net/news/10194-la-tombe-de-lillustre-chanteur-farid-ali-sera-reamenagee-samedi.html La tombe de l’illustre chanteur Farid Ali sera réaménagée samedi] and several other militant songs including Afus deg-gwfus (hand in hand) and Abrid ik-yerwan awi-t (take the path you want). After independence, he was a great sympathiser of the Berber Academy in Paris which became active in the recognition of the Berber language.Chants kabyles de la guerre d'indépendance. Algérie 1954–1962 ". Préface Mohammed Harbi. Séguier – Atlantica, Paris, 2002
He remained detained in Berrouaghia after a political crisis until 1965. He was then pardoned by Houari Boumediene with other political prisoners. After having opened and operated a café in Algiers, he went back to France in 1966. In Paris he sympathize with the founding members of the Berber Academy, Mohammed Arav Bessaoud, Taos Amrouche and Mohand Saïd Hanouz among others.[https://archive.today/20140303210208/http://www.kabyle.com/fondation-farid-ali-verra-jour-prochainement-21101-18112012 Une fondation Farid Ali verra le jour prochainement][http://www.lematindz.net/news/10255-kabylie-lassociation-tagmats-inaugure-une-stele-pour-farid-ali.html Kabylie : l’association Tagmats inaugure une stèle en hommage à Farid Ali] He also helped after independence several singers to emerge from anonymity, through the radio show "chanteurs amateurs" that he animated on Alger Chaîne 2. It was not until July 5, 1987, that he was awarded a distinction by Chadli Bendjedid.
Farid Ali was so forgotten that his son received in 1996 (15.50 da) fifteen dinars and fifty cents of copyright on the dissemination of his songs by Radio stations.
Bibliography
{{cite book |title=Chants kabyles de la Guerre d'Indépendance. Algérie 1954–1962|last=Mahfoufi |first=Mehenna |author-link=Mehenna Mahfoufi|year=2002 |origyear=2002 |publisher=Atlantica-Séguier |location=Paris |pages=300 |language=French}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{YouTube|kKK5A1XbvpQ|Ayemma sver ur tsru}}
- {{YouTube|77YJAAj1QK4|Avridh Ikaiehouane Aouith}}
- [http://www.musicme.com/#/Farid-Ali/albums/Ayemma-Azizen-Ourestrou-3610152596138.html Album on musicme.com]
{{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ali, Farid}}
Category:People from Tizi Ouzou Province
Category:Algerian revolutionaries
Category:20th-century Algerian male singers
Category:English-language singers from Algeria
Category:Arabic-language singers of Algeria
Category:French-language singers of Algeria