Rachid Ksentini (November 11, 1887 – August 4, 1944) was an Algerian actor and comedian.
Biography
Rachid Ksentini was born Rachid Belakhdar on November 11, 1887 in the
Casbah of Algiers
The Casbah of Algiers, commonly referred to as the Casbah (Arabic: القصبة, Al-qaṣabah, meaning "citadel"), corresponds to the old town or Medina quarter, medina of Algiers, the capital of Algeria. It is a historic district that has been l ...
. He left school early to work as an apprentice carpenter with his father in
Bab El Oued
Bab El Oued is a neighbourhood in Algiers, the capital of Algeria, along the coast north of the city centre. As of 2008, the population of the commune of Bab El Oued was 64,732.
History
During the existence of French Algeria, Bab El Oued was esta ...
until 1914. On the eve of the
First World War
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, he enlisted as a seaman in the
merchant navy and left to France. The boat where he embarked was torpedoed by
German naval forces. The survivors were rescued by the
Royal Navy
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, which were then transferred to Marseille. by his profession of sailor, he traveled to Europe, North America, China, and India. He returned to Algeria but for a short stay before going back to France. in 1925, he made his return to his home country and meets the same year in a cafe,
Ali Sellali a.k.a. Allalou who asked him to integrate his theatrical troupe ''Ezzahia''. Their collaboration results among other things by the presentation of the play ''Zaouadj Bouaklin'' on October 26, 1926, which marks the first appearance of Ksentini on stage. A performance that captivated the public. The collaboration between the two men continues with an adaptations by Allalou of sequences from
One Thousand and One Nights
''One Thousand and One Nights'' (, ), is a collection of Middle Eastern folktales compiled in the Arabic language during the Islamic Golden Age. It is often known in English as ''The Arabian Nights'', from the first English-language edition ( ...
, where Rachid Ksentine obtained the first role. In 1927, he created with Djelloul Bachedjerrah, the ''El Djazaïr'' troupe disbanded shortly after.
Rachid Ksentini emerged mainly in theater. but at the same time invested himself in
comedy songs
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with
social background. Many of his songs are covers or
interpolation
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In engineering and science, one ...
composed from
national heritage music tunes, for example with ''Ach men âr alikoum ya bnaïn ennas, drawn from Ach men âr Alikoum ya rdjal Meknes'' (a verse from a poem by
Kaddour El Alamy).
A
TV series
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dedicated to the actor was cast in 2005, directed by Boualem Aďssaoui from a screenplay by Rachid Soufi. The series consists of twelve parts of 30 minutes each.
[http://www.elwatan.com/archives/article.php?id=34090 ]
Bibliography
Death
Rachid Ksentini died on August 4, 1944.
See also
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Marie Soussan
References
External links
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Rachid Ksentini at musicme.comSongs
on Deezer
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1887 births
1944 deaths
Algerian male stage actors
People from Casbah
Algerian male comedians
20th-century Algerian male actors
French military personnel of World War I
20th-century Algerian male singers
20th-century comedians
African comedians
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