Fatima Tabaamrant (Amazigh: ⴼⴰⵜⵉⵎⴰ ⵜⴰⴱⴰⵄⵎⵕⴰⵏⵜ; born 1962) is a Moroccan Amazigh actress and singer-songwriter. She sings and performs in her native Amazigh tongue.[1]
Personal life
Fatima Tabaamrant was born in 1962 in Boughafar, into the Idaw Nacer tribe, which is part of the confederation of the Ait Baamrane [fr] tribes of the Sous region. She spent her childhood years in Ifrane and Lakhass, Tiznit Province, in the greater external-peripheral, fringe and the outskirts (also parts Jbel Atlas Saghru, Greater lesser Atlas) all are parts high-Atlas and Sous Region, Morocco.
Career
In 1994, Tabaamrant played a singer in an autobiographical film called Tihya.[2]
In 2010, two biographical programs about Tabaamrant were aired on television: Fi Dakira, on Channel 1M TV (RTM),[3] and an episode of Imariren ( 2M MONDE TV Morocco) on June 4, 2010.[4] Imariren, an Amazigh term meaning "singers", is a cultural magazine that profiles the great names in Amazigh music of all genres, tracing the milestones in the evolution of their career since their debut.[5]
Concerts
2010:
Asnières-sur-Oise, France, L'appel de l'Atlas (Echo of the Atlas), Chant Amazigh de l'Atlas (Songs and Dance of the Atlas), Du slam à l'Atlas (The Sounds in the Atlas), Fatima Tabaamrant, Live Performance, Royaumont Abbey (Department 95); October 3, 8, 9, 10, 2010[6][7][8][9]
Television; Massar TV Show (2M MONDE TV Morocco); "Igh Ka Tzriti" musical performance, part of Ahmed Amentag (biography), a 1-hour 45 minutes show; April 16, 2010.[10]
2009: Paris, France; Izlan Morocco Cycle, Amazigh songs, poetry and dance. The Atlas Mountains and the Moroccan desert , Théâtre Claude Lévi-Strauss (Musée du Quai Branly), 27 November - 5 December 2009[11][12][13]
2007: Timitar Festival, Agadir, Morocco, July 6, 2007[14]
2006
7th International Festival of Volubilis. "Amazigh Evening" at Volubilis, Morocco. (August 4, 2006)
4th edition Raïss Lhaj Belaïd (Theme) at Place El Mechouar, Tiznit, Tiznit-Provence, Morocco. (July 8, 2006)
Fatima Sadigi; Amira Nowaira; Azza El Kholy; Moha Ennaji, eds. (2009). Women writing Africa: The Northern region. The Feminist Press at The City University of New York. ISBN9781558615892.
External links
Azawan.com Fatima Tabaamrant, biography and more (English, French, and Amazigh (tashlhit)).
^"Imariren : vendredi 4 Juin" [Imariren: Friday, June 4]. (in French and Amazigh). 2M MONDE TV Morocco. June 4, 2010. Archived from the original on December 22, 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-16. 'Imariren, Terme désignant les chanteurs en amazigh, est un magazine culturel qui brosse le portrait des grands noms de la chanson amazighe, tous genres confondus, en retraçant les étapes marquantes de l'évolution de leur carrière depuis leurs débuts sur scène.'
^Brugnatelli, Vermondo (2009-10-03). "Le Canzoni Cabileby, Vermondo Brugnatelli". Le canzoni cabile,Lingue e letterature dell’Africa Corso 2006-2007. Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca. Retrieved 2011-03-08.