He was born in a nomadic family at the Ued Hawa, near Smara (Western Sahara) in 1966. All his brothers and sisters do poetry, and his brother Mohamed Lamin and Najm were musicians. His father worked in a Spanish company who constructed a road in the zone.
In 1975, he fled with all his family to Tifariti, then Mahbes and finally Tindouf. The next year he started school in the Sahrawi refugee camps. He takes secondary education in Algerian high schools. When he finished his studies, he had to do military service, where he learned the accordion and acoustic guitar. He subsequently joined the SPLA in 1986, as part of the Sahrawi military band. In 1990 he was intended to the frontline, where he composed his first hit and one of his most known songs "Viva el POLISARIO" ("Long live the POLISARIO"), where he describes the conquest of a Moroccan position.[1]
Career
In 1997, he was moved back to Tindouf, where he joined the musical agrupation of the Wilaya of El Aaiun in the Sahrawi refugee camps, as he left the Army. That year he got in touch with the people of the Spanish music label Nubenegra, and he started to collaborate as guitarist in many editions of the label, most notably on the v.v.a.a. album Sáhara tierra mía ("Sahara land of mine"). That album contains "Viva el POLISARIO" and another of his most known works, the theme "Canta conmigo", ("Sing with me").[2] He also joined the Sahrawi band Leyoad in 1998, touring Europe with the band that year, and again in 2002 presenting the album Mariem Hassan con Leyoad.
In 2003, he released his first solo album, Nar ("Fire"), sung in Arabic, and giving more protagonism to his electric guitar, in a similar way as the Mali blues groups.[1] He is considered one of the innovators of Western Sahara's traditional music, the "Hawl".[3] His work has been added to the World Music National Geographic database. The character of some of Allal's lyrics is highly charged politically; this reflects political uncertainties which Western Sahara has faced in recent years.[4]
najm, allal, arabic, الناجم, علال, born, 1966, singer, guitarist, writer, lyrics, spanish, from, western, sahara, الناجم, علالborn1966, hawa, smara, spanish, saharagenresblues, music, folk, music, roots, musicoccupation, musician, songwriterinstrument, vocalis. Najm Allal Arabic الناجم علال born 1966 is a singer guitarist and writer of lyrics in Spanish from Western Sahara Najm Allalالناجم علالBorn1966 age 56 57 Ued Hawa Smara Spanish SaharaGenresBlues music folk music roots musicOccupation s Musician songwriterInstrument s Vocalist GuitaristYears active1997 current Contents 1 Biography 1 1 Life 1 2 Career 2 Discography 2 1 Studio albums 2 2 Featured in 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksBiography EditLife Edit He was born in a nomadic family at the Ued Hawa near Smara Western Sahara in 1966 All his brothers and sisters do poetry and his brother Mohamed Lamin and Najm were musicians His father worked in a Spanish company who constructed a road in the zone In 1975 he fled with all his family to Tifariti then Mahbes and finally Tindouf The next year he started school in the Sahrawi refugee camps He takes secondary education in Algerian high schools When he finished his studies he had to do military service where he learned the accordion and acoustic guitar He subsequently joined the SPLA in 1986 as part of the Sahrawi military band In 1990 he was intended to the frontline where he composed his first hit and one of his most known songs Viva el POLISARIO Long live the POLISARIO where he describes the conquest of a Moroccan position 1 Career Edit In 1997 he was moved back to Tindouf where he joined the musical agrupation of the Wilaya of El Aaiun in the Sahrawi refugee camps as he left the Army That year he got in touch with the people of the Spanish music label Nubenegra and he started to collaborate as guitarist in many editions of the label most notably on the v v a a album Sahara tierra mia Sahara land of mine That album contains Viva el POLISARIO and another of his most known works the theme Canta conmigo Sing with me 2 He also joined the Sahrawi band Leyoad in 1998 touring Europe with the band that year and again in 2002 presenting the album Mariem Hassan con Leyoad In 2003 he released his first solo album Nar Fire sung in Arabic and giving more protagonism to his electric guitar in a similar way as the Mali blues groups 1 He is considered one of the innovators of Western Sahara s traditional music the Hawl 3 His work has been added to the World Music National Geographic database The character of some of Allal s lyrics is highly charged politically this reflects political uncertainties which Western Sahara has faced in recent years 4 Discography EditStudio albums Edit 2003 NarFeatured in Edit 1998 Sahara tierra mia CD 2 of Sahrauis The Music of the Western Sahara 2002 Mariem Hassan con Leyoad 2004 Medej Cantos antiguos Saharauis 2007 Hugo Westerdahl Western SaharaSee also EditMusic of Western Sahara Mariem Hassan Aziza Brahim Spanish language AfricaReferences Edit a b Nar Nayim Alal Nubenegra com in Spanish and English Sahara tierra mia in Spanish and English Sahara tierra mia National Geographic World Music Nayim Alal National Geographic World MusicExternal links EditOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Najm Allal amp oldid 1107984797, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
