Djamila (Djohra Bachene)

Born: 1930-05-02

Djamila, whose real name is Djohra Bachene, is an Algerian actress, presenter and singer of traditional Kabyle music. She was born on May 2, 1930 in Aït Bouhini, Algeria, and died on October 29, 2019 in Algiers. Djohra Bachene, her real name, was born on May 2, 1930 in Aït Bouhini (Yakouren). Orphaned by her father at the age of 12, Djamila benefits from having met the Kabyle singer Chabha who takes her under wing and introduces her to the world of radio. It was in 1951 that she took her first steps on Channel II, an Algerian radio station in the Amazigh language. She will then join the Urar n’lkhalath women’s choir alongside Cherifa, Hnifa, Nouara and other great Kabyle singers. She wrote and performed many songs in the Kabyle musical style “Achewiq”. In addition to her musical and radio career, Djamila began a career as an actress in cinema and television in 1962. She appears in particular in the films The Forgotten Hill by Abderrahmane Bouguermouh, Le Vent des Aurès by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina and several TV films alongside Mohamed Hilmi. She died on October 29, 2019 in Algiers.


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Cheb

as La mère de Merwan
Released: 1991-06-05

After a conviction for theft, Merwan was expelled from France, where he had lived since the age...

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Bab El Oued City

as Lalla Djamila
Released: 1994-11-16

Bab El-Oued, a popular district of Algiers, in 1989, a few months after the riots. Boualem works...

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The Winds of the Aures

as uncredited
Released: 1967-06-08

Le Vent des Aurès – the first road movie of Algerian cinema – describes the transformations of...

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العنقة (El Anka)

as Self
Released: 1981-01-01

1/4 - In 1925, the young M’hamed El Anka replaced his master Nador at short notice. He realizes...

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The Outlaws

as Zhera
Released: 1969-01-01

In prison in colonial Algeria, shortly after the end of the Second World War, three indigenous...

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Leila and the Others

as uncredited
Released: 1977-01-02

The story of Algerian women trying to live in 1970s Algeria where the society is between...

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Blood Wedding

as La fiancée
Released: 1977-01-01

In a small village in southern Morocco, Amrouch cannot, because of his social position, marry...

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The Forgotten Hill

as uncredited
Released: 1996-05-19

At the outbreak of the Second World War, two friends, Mokrane and Menach, abruptly interrupt...

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