# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/takfarinas
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:31:44.528Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/takfarinas"
name: "Takfarinas"
slug: "takfarinas"
description: "Hacène Zermani, known by the stage name Takfarinas, is an Algerian Kabyle Yal musician. Takfarinas took his surname from the ancient warrior of North Africa Tacfarinas who fought against the presence of the Romans in Algeria. Since 1979 Takfarinas has lived in France. However, his songs promote and celebrate the Kabyle culture into which he was born. Takfarinas is perhaps best known for his voice which covers a wide range and the 'takfa' which is based on a traditional lute like instrument which he has modified by adding a second neck. Each neck provides a distinct sound, one neck is feminine and the other masculine. Nowadays the takfa has been replaced by an electric half-drum mandole. Like the takfa this has two fingerboards. The advantage of this new instrument is that it is able to create the large concert sound which he now needs."
tagline: "Algerian musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Takfarinas_performing_live_in_Algiers.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1958-02-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.8
  momentum:             5.019011406844107
  historical:           9.909470666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1169405"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3_(%D9%85%D8%BA%D9%86%D9%8A)"
    title: "تاكفاريناس (مغني)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3_(%D9%85%D8%BA%D9%86%D9%89)"
    title: "تاكفاريناس (مغنى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takfarinas"
    title: "Takfarinas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takfarinas"
    title: "Takfarinas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takfarinas"
    title: "Takfarinas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takfarinas"
    title: "Takfarinas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takfarinas"
    title: "Takfarinas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takfarinas"
    title: "Takfarinas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kab.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takfarinas_%E1%B8%A4sen_Zermani"
    title: "Takfarinas Ḥsen Zermani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3_(%D8%AE%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B4%E2%80%8C%DA%A9%D8%B1)"
    title: "تاکفاریناس (خونش‌کر)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f8e4ba40-6acb-4b48-8998-60ce82ce33bb"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q241270"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump