Inspired by the musical repertoire of the Maghreb singers of exile, the concert "Women know the song" offers to the new female scene the chance to reinterpret some of the most beautiful songs of immigration performed by women in Arabic, Kabyle or French.

Also on the program, an exhibition that offers a non-exhaustive portrait gallery of the great singers of exile occurring in France from the 1950s until the early 1970s in major Parisian theaters, Oriental cabarets or in the Algerian cafes of France.

Representatives of the North African song in France, they are the pioneers of the artistic expression of immigration, and their works of art testify to the major concerns of the first generations of immigrant women: nostalgia for the homeland, passion and its setbacks, the pangs of exile...

Practical information
Date: Saturday, December 6, 2014, from 5:00 p.m.
Where: FGO Barbara (Fleury Barbara Goutte d'Or), 1, rue de Fleury 75018 Paris

The program of this forum:

Debate: The economic challenges of the Songbook of North African immigrants in France: the example of the 18th arrondissement of Paris.
6pm | free Admission
Hosted by Naima Yahi, historian and Salah Amokrane associative figure

Concert: "Women know the song ..."
8pm | Free Admission
Download the event program