Algerian Rai Music

Algeria is the home to a new music genre called Rai. This form of music has gained fans in France, Spain and Asia. Many new musicians are experimenting with this genre to make it more global.

Rai is a creative outlet to express political discontent. “Rai became an important means of cultural expression for a minority struggling to carve out an ethnic identity and a space for itself in an inhospitable, racist environment” Rai is