Abderrahmane Kaki

Abdelkader Ould Abderrahmane, known as Abderrahmane Kaki, was an Algerian actor, playwright, author and director of twenty plays.

Early life

Abderrahmane Kaki was born in Mostaganem in the popular neighborhood of Tidjitt. From his childhood he developed in contact with strong cultural traditions. One of his grandmothers knew from memory a large number of kacidate; one of his uncles was a music lover. He participated in popular festivals in which the meddahs rubbed shoulders with the Bedouin song master Cheikh Hamada, whose children were his playmates.
During the first decade of Algerian independence, he appeared to be the most active and prominent creator in the field of theaters until a car accident in 1968 stopped his ascent, causing him to withdraw from active life for four years. He was later director of the Théâtre Régional d'Oran.

Works

1951: Tarikh zahra; La légende de la rose Dem el hob La Maison de Dieu
1960: Avant-théâtre
1962: 132 ans Le Peuple de la nuit
1963: Ifrikya qabla I; Afrique avant un
1964: Diwan el garagouz
1965: El Guerrâb ouas-Sâlihîn ; Le porteur d'eau et les trois marabouts
1966: Koul ouahad ou hakmou; A chacun sa justice
1967: Les vieux
1972: Bni kelboun
1975:

'' Diwan el mela ''