Larbi Batma

Moroccan musician (1948–1997)

Musician
poet
singer
writer
actor

Laarbi Batma (or Laarbi Batma) (Arabic: العربي باطما; born in Chaouia; 1948 - 7 February 1997) was a Moroccan musician, poet, singer, writer,^[1] actor, and the front man of the group Nass El Ghiwane.

Early life

Batma grew up in the Hay Mohammadi neighborhood in Casablanca.^[2]

Batma was very much influenced by the music style of the mawsims of his native region that he used to frequent as a child.^[3]

Nass El Ghiwane

Batma was a founding member of Nass El Ghiwane. He was a vocalist and percussionist for the group until his death in 1997. He was considered the architect of the group.^[2]

Cinema

Batma was the lead actor in the Moroccan movie Le jour du forain, directed by Driss Kettani and Abdelkrim Derkaoui.^[4] He also starred in Ahmed el-Maanouni's Trances, a documentary on Nass El Ghiwane.^[5]

References

^ MATIN, Nadia Ouiddar, LE. "Nass El Ghiwane". lematin.ma (in French). Retrieved 2022-11-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ ^a ^b "Vidéo. Il y a 20 ans, Larbi Batma nous quittait". Le360.ma. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
^ Moroccan Songwriters Laarbi Batma Ahmed. ASIN 1157172229.
^ CCM (1984). "Le jour du forain". CCM.
^ Canby, Vincent (1981-10-03). "'TRANSES,' MOROCCAN MUSICAL". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-11-14.

"Adieu Batma", obituary of Laarbi Batma in Jeune Afrique, 1997 Mar-May
Abdallah Mdarhri Alaoui, Aspects du roman marocain, 1950-2003: approche historique, thématique et esthétique,ed. Éditions zaouia, 2006, p. 65