Sheikh Hamada [SEP] place of death
Sheikh Hamada
Sheikh Hamada (born 1889, Blad Touahria near Mostaganem; died April 9, 1968) was an Algerian singer. He was one of the founders of the gasba music.
Accomplishments.
During his lifetime, he revolutionized Bedouin musical traditions in North Africa and in modern music today. He utilized urban poetry in his Hadri, Haouz, and Aroub compositions.
He made his first recording in 1920, and continued to record in Algeria, Paris, and Berlin, until his death.
He revised
Batroun and Byblos. He nominated his son Sheikh Ismail responsible over the Koura region.
The sectors occupied by Hamada were continuously agitated. They had repetitive disagreements with Ottoman governors in Tripoli. It is likely that one of the Hamada’s leaders rebuilt partially the Crusader fortress in Kafaraka. It was as his headquarters for collecting taxes and tribute. This place was named “Kabou El Sayed”.
In 1635, due to his dispute with Hamada, Prince Ali Sayfa attacked Amioun and seized its crops and the crops of neighboring