Lounis Ait Menguellet
Abdenbi Aït Menguellet known as Lounis Aït Menguellet (Ɛbdennbi At Mengellat or Lewnis At Mengellat, born 17 January 1950) is an Algerian singer born in Ighil Bouammas, Tizi Ouzou Province in the Kabylie region. Lounis Aït Menguellet sings in the Berber languages (Kabyle variant).
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Lounis Ait Menguellet

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- Name
- Lounis Aït Menguellet
- Birth Name
- Abdenbi Aït Menguellet
- Born
- 17 January 1950
- Birthplace
- Ighil Bouammas, Tizi Ouzou, French Algeria
- Occupation
- Singer, poet
- Nationality
- Algeria.
- Honours
- National Order of Clan Class Merit.
- Languages
- French and Kabyle.
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Abdenbi Aït Menguellet known as Lounis Aït Menguellet (Ɛbdennbi At Mengellat or Lewnis At Mengellat, born 17 January 1950) is an Algerian singer born in Ighil Bouammas, Tizi Ouzou Province in the Kabylie region. Lounis Aït Menguellet sings in the Berber languages (Kabyle variant).
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• Name — Lounis Aït Menguellet • Birth Name — Abdenbi Aït Menguellet • Alias — Lounis Aït Menguellet • Born — 17 January 1950 • Birthplace — Ighil Bouammas, Tizi Ouzou, French Algeria • Genre — World music • Occupation — Singer, poet • Instrument — Guitar • Years Active — 1967–present
Identity
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Lounis Ait Menguellet is recorded with the occupation singer. Recorded as a citizen of Algeria.
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1950
Lounis Ait Menguellet was born on 17 January 1950.
Discography
• Year — Kabyle Title — French Title — English Translation • 1975 — Telt yam — Trois jours — Three Days • 1976 — Anida teğğam mmi — Où avez-vous laissé mon fils — Where you left my son • 1977 — Amjahed — Le martyre — the martyr • 1978 — Aεeṭṭar • 1979 — Ay agu — Oh nuage — O fogue • 1981 — A lmus-iw — Mon sabre — My sword • 1982 — Eṭes eṭes — Dors, dors — Sleep, sleep • 1983 — A mmi — Oh Mon fils — O my son • 1984 — Eğğet-iyi — Laissez-moi — Leave me • 1986 — Asefru — Le poème — The Poem • 1988 — Les années d'or (6 volumes — The Golden Years (6 albums) • 1989 — Acimi — Pourquoi? — Why? • 1990 — Avriḍ n ṭemzi (tirga n ṭemzi) — Chemin de jeunesse (rêves de jeunesse) — The way of youth (dreams of youth) • 1992 — A kwen-ixḍeε Rebbi — Que Dieu vous maudisse — Be Cursed • 1993 — Awal — Le Mot — The Word • 1995 — Iminig g-iḍ — Le Voyageur de Nuit — Traveller of the Night • 1997 — Siwel-iyi-d tamacahut — Raconte-moi une histoire — Tell me a story • 1999 — Inagan (Tiregwa) — Témoins (Ruisseaux) — Witness (Streams) • 2001 — Inasen — Dis leur — Tell them • 2005 — Yenna-d wemγar — Le sage a dit — The wise-man said • 2010 — Tawriqt Tacevhant — La Feuille Belle — The Beautiful Sheet • 2014 — Isefra — Les poemes — Poems • 2017 — Tudert nni — Cette vie — That life • 2024 — Snitra-w — Ma guitare — My Guitar
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