Article: An introduction to the music and history of the North African Berbers.

As music from North Africa and the Middle East has become more available internationally, the contributions of North Africa's first residents, the Berber, have been noticeably underrepresented. Many Berber musicians and people resent the fact that so much effort has gone into internationally promoting Afro-Arabic genres like rai and, to a lesser extent, shaabi, while Berber sounds remain largely unknown in world music circles. The subject is complex. One of the very first North African pop hits in Europe and the Middle East came in the 1970s from Algerian Berber pop singers Idir and Mila, with their song "Vara Inouva." Since then, contemporary Berber artists have been ...

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