Lounes Matoub

Amazigh singer and activist (1956-1998)

This section is dedicated to the assassinated lyricist-singer, Lounes Matoub, a militant whose death created a martyr for the cause of Tamazight and the Amazigh identity. Matoub has inspired thousands of young activists, outside, as well as inside Algeria, where he was born.


Rebel Songs of Lounes Matoub: "Tabratt i lehkwem," Lounes' version of the Algerian National Anthem.

Family Demands "Real Inquest" in Matoub's Death, January 26, 2000.

In Memory of Lounes Matoub, January 25, 2000 (2nd Anniversary of his death).

"The Rebel is Dead. Long Live the Martyr!": Kabyle Mobilization and the Assassination of Lounes Matoub, by Paul A. Silverstein (from MERIP), Fall 1998.

Lounes Matoub, from The North Africa Journal, 1998.

Memoirs of Lounes Matoub: How I Became a Rebel, translated & Editor's Note by Blanca Madani.

listen to Matoub music.

 

 
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