Akli D
Akli D., born Akli Daas in a small village in Kabylia (Algeria), grew up to the
sound of his mother's voice, an interpreter of traditional spiritual songs, and
surrounded by a family of musicians, one brother a harmonica player, the other a
guitarist. At just 13, he took part in his first concert and decided to make
music his life. In the 1980s, he went into exile in France to escape the
repression of Amazigh identity by the Algerian authorities. A great traveler, he
rallied both members of the Amazigh community, for whom he was a mouthpiece, and
international world music fans, r...
