▁many ▁older ▁coast al ▁towns . ▁For ▁a ▁more ▁modern ▁style , ▁the ▁English ▁born ▁and ▁of ▁Al ger ian ▁descent , ▁Pot ent ▁C ▁is ▁gradually ▁becoming ▁a ▁success ▁for ▁younger ▁gener ations . ▁En comp ass ing ▁a ▁mixture ▁of ▁folk , ▁ra ï , ▁and ▁British ▁hip ▁hop , ▁it ▁is ▁a ▁highly ▁collect ive ▁and ▁universal ▁genre . ▁ ▁Although ▁ ▁is ▁wel com ed ▁and ▁pra ised ▁as ▁a ▁g low ing ▁cultural ▁em blem ▁for ▁Al ger ia , ▁there ▁was ▁time ▁when ▁ra ï ' s ▁come ▁across ▁critical ▁cultural ▁and ▁political ▁conflict ions ▁with ▁Islam ic ▁and ▁government ▁policies ▁and ▁practices , ▁post - in dependency . ▁Thus ▁the ▁distribution ▁and ▁expression ▁of ▁ra ï ▁music ▁became ▁very ▁difficult . ▁However , ▁" then ▁the ▁government ▁ab rupt ly ▁revers ed ▁its ▁position ▁in ▁mid - 1 9 8 5 . ▁In ▁part ▁this ▁was ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁lo bb ying ▁of ▁a ▁former ▁liber ation ▁army ▁officer ▁turned ▁pop ▁music ▁im pres ario , ▁Colonel ▁Sn ous si , ▁who ▁hoped ▁to ▁profit ▁from ▁ra ï ▁if ▁it ▁could ▁be ▁main stream ed ". ▁ ▁In ▁addition , ▁given ▁both ▁nations ' ▁relations , ▁Al ger ian ▁government ▁was ▁pleased ▁with ▁the ▁music ' s ▁growing ▁popular ity ▁in ▁France . ▁Although ▁the ▁music ▁is ▁more ▁widely ▁accepted ▁on ▁the ▁political ▁level , ▁it ▁still ▁faces ▁severe ▁conflict ions ▁with ▁the ▁popul ace ▁of ▁Islam ic ▁faith ▁in ▁Al ger ia . ▁ ▁Media