Naïma Ababsa

Naïma Ababsa (Arabic: نعيمة عبابسة) (1963 – 18 April 2021) was an Algerian singer.^[1]

Naïma Ababsa
Ababsa in 2018
Born	1963 Tlemcen, Algeria
Died	April 18, 2021(2021-04-18) (aged 57–58) Algiers, Algeria
Nationality	Algerian
Occupation	Singer

Biography

Ababsa was the daughter of the composer Abdelhamid Ababsa [fr]. Her sister, Fella El Djazairia, is also a singer.^[2] She performed a great range of musical material and genres, such as Chaoui, Algérois,^[3] Hawzi [fr],^[4] and other styles from North Africa. She paid tribute to Lounès Matoub in 2000 onstage in Paris.^[5] She also paid homage to the singer Seloua at the Théâtre national algérien Mahieddine-Bachtarzi in Algiers in 2008.^[6] In 2018, she was invited to the Festival international de musique de Timgad [fr].^[7] That same year, she participated in the 8th annual Festival Orientalys in Montreal.^[8]

Naïma Ababsa died in Algiers on 18 April 2021, at the age of 58.^[9]

Albums

• Ya khti (2010)^[10]
• La Star Du Chaoui (2017)^[11]