Taos Amrouche

[3] Her mother Fadhma Aït Mansour, who was a famous Kabyle singer,[4] had a great impact on her life, and her literary style would reflect the oral traditions of the Kabylie Berber people of her mother's heritage.

[3] Amrouche received her elementary and secondary education in Tunis,[2] and in 1935 went to France for studies at the École Normale at Sèvres.

With her compilation of tales and poems La Grain magique in 1966, she took the nom de plume Marguerite-Taos, Marguerite being her mother's Christian name.

Her first album Chants berbères de Kabylie (1967), which was a great success, was a collection of traditional Kabyle songs that had been translated into French by her brother Jean.

She recorded several other albums, including Chants sauvés de l’oubli ("Songs Saved from Oblivion"), Hommage au chant profond ("Homage to a Profound Song"),[3] Incantations, méditations et danses sacrées berbères (1974), and Chants berbères de la meule et du berceau (1975).

The grave of Taos Amrouche in the Cemetery, Saint-Michel l'Observatoire.