Amina
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Name (Latin)
Amina
Other forms of name
Annabi, Amina
Date of birth
1962-03-05
Associated country
France
Occupation
Actresses
Folk musicians
Singers
Gender
female
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Dictionary of African Biography, accessed November 14, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Annabi, Amina; folk musician, singer, actress; born 1962 in Carthage, Tunisia; she and her mother, a talented musician and composer, moved together to Paris (1975); organized her own group (1978) and went solo (1982); worked at world music station, Radio Nova, France; her first recorded album was Yalil (Night) and was released in over 20 countries; won the "Le prix Piaf" which named her "best female singer of the year" in France (1991); represented France at the 1991 Eurovision Song Contest held in Rome; participated in a multiartist album entitled Paris (1994); toured the United States with French musical groups (2001); as actress appeared in at least thirteen films like Dreams of Trespass, based upon the book by the well known Moroccan feminist writer Fatima Mernissi (2002) and Cairo Time (2009))
- North African groove [SR] p2005:container (Amina) insert (Amina Annabi; b. 1962, Carthage, Tunisia; singer and actress)
- Yalil [SR] p1989:label (Amina)
- Her Yalil [SR] p1989:label (Amina)
- OCLC 24124742(hdg.: Annabi, Amina)