Taleb Rabah

طالب رابح (Known as "Taleb Rabah")

Pioneer of Kabyle Folk and Emigrant Song, Saz and Lute Balladeer

Born 1930

Tizit (Aïn El Hammam, Tizi Ouzou), Algeria

Passed Away Dec 22, 2015 Tizit, Algeria

Lifespan 85 years old

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"Though exile separates our bodies from the mountains, our songs always find the way home."

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Revered pioneer of modern Kabyle folk music, who spent decades as an immigrant factory worker in France singing the struggles and dignity of Algerian emigrants.

Biographical Record

Taleb Rabah was born in the mountain village of Tizit in the high Djurdjura. Emigrating to France in the 1950s to work in the coal mines of Alsace and automobile factories of Paris, he taught himself the lute and wrote poignant songs chronicling the pain of exile ('Lghorba') and homesickness.

Returning permanently to his native village after independence, he recorded dozens of landmark albums featuring acoustic instruments and profound moral lyrics. His monumental anthem 'Itebrijen' (The Pigeons) is cherished as an immortal classic of Algerian folk song.

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Final Resting Place

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Tizit Ancestral Cemetery
Aïn El Hammam (Tizi Ouzou), Algeria

                         GPS: 36.5683, 4.3000                    

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