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Cheikh Namous
Acting
01 May 1920
† 19 Jan 2021
Algiers, Alger, France
Biography
Cheikh Namous, also known by his birth name Mohamed Rechidi, is an Algerian musician, born in May 1920 in the Casbah of Algiers and died in January 2021. He is considered one of the first banjo performers in Algeria and has collaborated with figures of chaâbi music, such as Hadj El Anka, Dahmane El Harrachi. Cheikh Namous, born Mohamed Rechidi, was born in May 1920 in the Casbah of Algiers, into a family from Afir, Talarous village (near Dellys in the wilaya of Boumerdès). At the age of 12, he ...
Also Known As
Mohamed Rachidi


