| LC control no. | n 92001160 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Amina |
| Variant(s) | Annabi, Amina |
| Biography/History note | Amina was a "Le prix Piaf" awardee. |
| Associated country | France |
| Birth date | 1962 |
| Place of birth | Qarṭājannah (Tunisia) |
| Affiliation | Radio Nova (France) |
| Profession or occupation | Folk musicians Singers Actresses |
| Found in | Yalil [SR] p1989: label (Amina) OCLC 24124742 (hdg.: Annabi, Amina) North African groove [SR] p2005: container (Amina) insert (Amina Annabi; b. 1962, Carthage, Tunisia; singer and actress) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed November 14, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Annabi, Amina; folk musician, singer, actress; born 1962 in Carthage, Tunisia; she and her mother, a talented musician and composer, moved together to Paris (1975); organized her own group (1978) and went solo (1982); worked at world music station, Radio Nova, France; her first recorded album was Yalil (Night) and was released in over 20 countries; won the "Le prix Piaf" which named her "best female singer of the year" in France (1991); represented France at the 1991 Eurovision Song Contest held in Rome; participated in a multiartist album entitled Paris (1994); toured the United States with French musical groups (2001); as actress appeared in at least thirteen films like Dreams of Trespass, based upon the book by the well known Moroccan feminist writer Fatima Mernissi (2002) and Cairo Time (2009)) |
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