The immortal Algerian Kabyle singer Idir

The immortal Algerian Kabyle singer Idir

Five years have passed since the death of the singer of,”A vava inouva” Idir, whose real name was Hamid Cheriet, born on October 25, 1949 in Ait Yenni, Kabylia, Algeria, and who died on May 2, 2020 at the Bichat hospital in Paris after a long illness, was an Algerian Kabyle singer, songwriter and musician. He is one of the leading ambassadors of Kabyle song. Idir was destined to become a geologist, but a 1973 stint on Radio Alger changed the cou…