Cheikh / Cheikha: 

Titles conferring honor upon male and female popular singers in pre-independence Algeria. Singing classical poetry and love songs, cheikhs and cheikhas preceded the bolder chebs and chabas of rai music. – Courtesy Afropop Worldwide: www.afropop.org


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