El Hadj Mohamed El Anka

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El Hadj M'Hamed El Anka (Arabic: الـحــاج مــحــمــد الـعــنـقــة‎; born May 20, 1907, in Algiers – died November 23, 1978, in Algiers) also known as Hadj Muhammed Al Anka, El-Hadj M'Hamed El Anka (and various other combinations), was considered The Grand Master of Andalusian classical music and Algerian chaabi music. He was born on May 20, 1907, under the name Aît Ouarab Mohamed Idir Halo, on 4 Rue Tombouctou in the Casbah of Algiers. His family was originally from Béni Djennad (Tizi Ouzou Province); his father was Mohamed Ben HadJ Saîd, and his mother was Fatma Bent Boudjemaâ. His father was taken ill on the day of his birth, and had to be replaced by a maternal uncle for registering the birth, which caused an error recording his name. His uncle presented himself as such to the registry employee, by saying "Ana Khalou" ("I am his uncle" in Arabic), and the employee wrote "Halo". So he became Halo Mohamed Idir from then on. He studied in three schools from 1912 to 1918: Koranic (1912–14), Brahim Fatah (in the Casbah) from 1914–17, and another in Bouzaréah until 1918. He left school to go to work before his 11th birthday. At the age of 13, the orchestra leader sheik Mustapha Nador noticed his passion and innate sense of rhythm at a festival his group was playing at, and took him on as a Tardji (tambourine player) with his orchestra. The sheik and orchestra taught him the mandolin, which became El Anka's favorite instrument. After the death of sheik Nador on May 19, 1926,

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Double Best: Mohamed El Anka (Le grand maître du chaâbi algérien)

El Hadj Med El Anka

Best Of El Hadj Mohamed El Anka

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opika pende: africa at 78 rpm

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Ouine saadi ouine

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Opika Pende: Africa at 78 rpm (Disc 1)

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El hamdou lillah

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El h'mam

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Algérie collection 3: Voix éternelles

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Live a la RTA

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Opika Pende [Disc 1]

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