# Fatima Tabaamrant

Fatima Tabaamrant (Amazigh: ⴼⴰⵜⵉⵎⴰ ⵜⴰⴱⴰⵄⵎⵕⴰⵏⵜ; born 1962) is a Moroccan Amazigh actress and singer-songwriter. She sings and performs in her native Amazigh tongue.

## Personal life

Fatima Tabaamrant was born in 1962 in Boughafar, into the Idaw Nacer tribe, which is part of the confederation of the Ait Baamrane [fr] tribes of the Sous region. She spent her childhood years in Ifrane and Lakhass, Tiznit Province, in the greater external-peripheral, fringe and the outskirts (also parts Jbel Atlas Saghru, Greater lesser Atlas) all are parts high-Atlas and Sous Region, Morocco.

## Career

In 1994, Tabaamrant played a singer in an autobiographical film called Tihya.
In 2010, two biographical programs about Tabaamrant were aired on television: Fi Dakira, on Channel 1M TV (RTM), and an episode of Imariren ( 2M MONDE TV Morocco) on June 4, 2010. Imariren, an Amazigh term meaning "singers", is a cultural magazine that profiles the great names in Amazigh music of all genres, tracing the milestones in the evolution of their career since their debut.

## Concerts

* 2010:
** Asnières-sur-Oise, France, L'appel de l'Atlas (Echo of the Atlas), Chant Amazigh de l'Atlas (Songs and Dance of the Atlas), Du slam à l'Atlas (The Sounds in the Atlas), Fatima Tabaamrant, Live Performance, Royaumont Abbey (Department 95); October 3, 8, 9, 10, 2010
** Television; Massar TV Show (2M MONDE TV Morocco); "Igh Ka Tzriti" musical performance, part of Ahmed Amentag (biography), a 1-hour 45 minutes show; April 16, 2010.
* 2009: Paris, France; Izlan Morocco Cycle, Amazigh songs, poetry and dance. The Atlas Mountains and the Moroccan desert , Théâtre Claude Lévi-Strauss (Musée du Quai Branly), 27 November - 5 December 2009
* 2007: Timitar Festival, Agadir, Morocco, July 6, 2007
* 2006
** 7th International Festival of Volubilis. "Amazigh Evening" at Volubilis, Morocco. (August 4, 2006)
** 4th edition Raïss Lhaj Belaïd (Theme) at Place El Mechouar, Tiznit, Tiznit-Provence, Morocco. (July 8, 2006)
* 1999: Paris, France, May 13 and May 15
* 1994: Milan, Italy, outdoor summer concerts ("Berber Nights").

## Discography
### Albums

* The Echo of the Atlas (Taghlaghalt), Release Date December 11, 2007
The CD (Taghlaghalt Or The Echo of the Atlas Rayssa Fatima Tabaamrant) available online retail store, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble,
| Album | The Echo of the Atlas (Taghlaghalt) (2007) |
| Track Listing | Song |
| 1 | "Instrumental" |
| 2 | "(Ssllam) Salutations" |
| 3 | "(Tirra N Yils) Oral Writing" |
| 4 | "(Ajddig LLWRD) Hymn to Nature" |
| 5 | "(A Bu Nniyt) O Gullible" |
| 6 | "(Ait L Aql)Common Sense" |
| 7 | "Farewell Instrumental" |
| Album | "Atalb Itarane" (2010), Golf Music (Casablanca) |
| Track Listing | Song |
| 1 | "Taïry Nun Ayamarg" |
| 2 | "Ataddwat Amin" |
| 3 | "Ikoun Ayadrdour Fagh Harekan Akaln" |
| 4 | "Lhem Ow Lhem" |
| Album | "Ward Ihadan Aman" (July 2009), Afraou Cassette Production (Agadir), (Afraw) |
| Track Listing | Song |
| 1 | "Origui Rwa Azlmad" |
| 2 | "Izam Akrkad" |
| 3 | "Yayran Jenb Limam" |
| 4 | "Asaksi Dljawab" |
| 5 | "Frahnit Tazaamt" |
| 6 | "Ward Ihadan Aman" |
| Album | "Azul N Henna" (November 2008), Afraou Cassette Production (Agadir), (Afraw) |
| Track Listing | Song |
| 1 | "Amound Digh Ayamarg" |
| 2 | "Nan Itrane" |
| 3 | "Mani Tlkam Twada" |
| 4 | "Azul El Henna" |
| Album | "Baba Yuba" (July 2007), Afraou Cassette Production (Agadir), (Afraw) |
| Track Listing | Song |
| 1 | "Ourid Anmoun Atawnza" |
| 2 | "Baba Yuba (Baba Youba)" |
| 3 | "Agagh Our Tmalat" |
| 4 | "Ayan Ihdane" |
| Album | "Izd Akal N Tmazight" (January 2007), Afraou Cassette Production (Agadir), (Afraw) |
| Track Listing | Song |
| 1 | "Izd Akal N'Tmazight" |
| 2 | "Afrak" |
| 3 | "Aghzifad Aygane" |
| 4 | "Bdigh Awal Nek Slkhir" |
| Album | "Touf Darngh Imi Lward" (2006), Afraou Cassette Production (Agadir), (Afraw) |
| Track Listing | Song |
| 1 | "Oraka awdi Nigh Yat" |
| 2 | "Touf darngh imi Lward" |
| 3 | "Ara amarg Artirirt" |
| 4 | "Figh adar Itbrida" |