However, looking at her dossier, it is quite evident that she has managed to achieve the best of both worlds. Over the past decade, she has appeared in films, worked on film scores, and collaborated with a staggering number of the world\'s musical giants, who no-doubt have fallen in love with Amina\'s sensual and dynamic voice. While casual American listeners may fall into the trap of thinking of the Tunisian born singer as someone confined to heavily produced North African/Europop, looking more deeply into her work reveals a completely different side. She has lent her voice to albums from Afrika Bambata, Wasis Diop, Manu Dibango, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Lenny Kravitz. One of her most ambitious projects was an African jazz foray on the critically acclaimed collaboration between Hank Jones and Cheick Tidiane Seck. She has even delved into acting with a role in Bernardo Bertolucci\'s \"The Sheltering Sky.\"

Her 1999 release, Annabi follows her eclectic musical path, bouncing between French and Arabic, dabbling in English, blending hip hop, jungle, gnawa, and reggae into her musical soup, or as she describes it, \"a pioneering effort in the fusion of Musique d\'Orient et D\'Occident (eastern and western music).\" Indeed. ">

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Amina

North Africa

Tunisia

Tunisia's most successful international star, Amina is an energetic, genre-bending singer and composer with a maverick career and a worldwide following. Read more on Amina...

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