- Title: Macron visits record store in Algeria popularized by DJ Snake hit
- Date: 27th August 2022
- Summary: ORAN, ALGERIA (AUGUST 27, 2022) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON IN 'DISCO MAGHREB', POPULARIZED BY FRENCH ALGERIAN PRODUCER 'DJ SNAKE' IN HIT SONG 'DISCO MAGHREB' RECORDS OF ARTISTS VARIOUS OF MACRON SPEAKING TO MUSIC PRODUCER BOUALEM BENHAOUA ALIAS BOUALEM DISCO MAGHREB RECORDS/ MACRON MACRON POSING FOR PHOTOS WITH CASSETTE TAPES MACRON UNVEILING ARTWORK GIFTED TO HIM MACRON LOOKING AT ARTWORK MACRON OPENING BOX OF SWEETS VARIOUS OF MACRON LOOKING AT PAINTING GIFTED TO HIM EXTERIOR OF RECORD SHOP VARIOUS OF MACRON AND BENHAOUA POSING FOR PHOTOS (SOUNDBITE) (French) FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON SAYING: "I believe that this dialogue between the generations, it is DJ Snake who started it by putting the spotlight on Disco Maghreb, on Bouhalem, and all this work. I think this dialogue between cultures, between generations, which shows the vitality of huge artists, the creation of divas and huge artists who are there between the generations, it's a way for me to show my respect, my admiration, and my taste." MACRON WALKING (SOUNDBITE) (French) FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON SAYING: "First, I wanted, during this trip, to come to Oran and not just to be in Algiers. It was also a moment to pay tribute to all of Algeria to the diversity of history, stories, cultures, religions." VEHICLES MACRON MEETING ALGERIAN FOREIGN MINISTER RAMTANE LAMAMRA VARIOUS OF MACRON SPEAKING TO OFFICIALS MACRON AT THE FORT VARIOUS OF MACRON LISTENING MACRON WALKING VARIOUS OF MACRON LISTENING FORT OF SANTA CRUZ VARIOUS OF MACRON LOOKING ON
- Embargoed: 10th September 2022 12:19
- Keywords: Algeria Macron
- Location: ORAN, ALGERIA
- City: ORAN, ALGERIA
- Country: Algeria
- Topics: Africa,Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001100627082022RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:French President Emmanuel Macron visited an iconic disco music shop in Algeria on Saturday (August 27), an apparent overture to young Algerians during a trip aimed at easing what he called the "painful" history shared by the two countries.
The trauma of French colonial rule in Algeria and the bitter independence war that ended it in 1962 has haunted relations between the two countries for decades and played into a diplomatic dispute that erupted last year.
Macron was greeted by people at the Disco Maghreb shop in the city of Oran, a stronghold of Rai music in the 1980s and 1990s.
Boualem Benhaoua, the owner of the shop, played an important role in promoting Rai stars including the king Cheb Khaled, Cheb Mami, and Cheb Hasni, a youth icon of the 1990s who was killed by Islamic militants opposed to his sentimental songs.
'Disco Maghreb' has found renewed success as a label after the hit by DJ Snake.
Macron said his visit to the shop, was a "way to relay my respect, my admiration and my taste," calling it the epicenter of Rai music.
Ties with Algeria have become more important for France because the war in Ukraine has increased demand in Europe for North African gas, and because of surging migration across the Mediterranean.
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