Ouardia Bouchemlal (January 9, 1926 – March 13, 2014) was an Algerian female singer-songwriter, originally from Kabylia, who composed hundreds of songs during her more than 40 years of artistic life.
Ouardia Bouchemlal was born on January 9, 1926, at Aït Halla, a small village located in the commune of El-Main. Motherless, it is said she was under the tutelage of her uncles when her father remarried.
She debuted on stage in Algiers at the age of 16 years, interpreting traditional Kabyle... meer