Cherifa Kersit (Arabic: شريفة كيرسيت; born 1 January 1967) is a Moroccan singer in the genre of Tamawayt.

Cherifa sings in Central Atlas Tamazight.

Cherifa was born in Tazrout M'oukhbou, in the region of Khenifra in the Middle Atlas mountains of Morocco, in a family of 16 children.

As the girls of her age in the region, she never went to school and spend her days in daily duties in the countryside, where she learned traditional singing.

In 1999, Cherifa made her first visit to France where she participated in the show "Dances and song by the Woman of Morocco, from dawn to dusk".