Ali Azaykou

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Ali Sidqi Azaykou (1942 - 2004), also called Dda Ali^[1], was a Moroccan, Berber, poet, historian, philosopher and critic. He was an active partisan for the rights of the Berbers in Morocco.»^[2]. He has greatly influenced the cultural Berber movements.^[3].

[edit] Biography

Ali Sidqi Azaykou was born (1942) in the village of Igran n tuinght in the High Atlas in the surroundings of Taroudant in the Souss valley in Morocco^[4]. He began his primary education in his native village and ended them in Marrakech where he also followed his secondary education and entered the national teacher training college.^[1].

[edit] Books

• Timitar. Collection of Berber poetry. 1988.
• Relation de voyage du Marabout de Tasaft dans le Haut-Atlas. Éd. de la Faculté des Lettres, Kénitra, 1992.
• Izmulen. Collection of Berber poetry. Rabat, 1995.
• Histoire du Maroc et ses possibles interprétations. Recueil d'articles. Éd. Centre Tarik Ibn Zyad, Rabat, 2002. Introduction by Ahmed Toufiq.
• L'islam et les Amazighs, 2002.
• Quelques exemples de toponymes marocains, 2004.
• Petit dictionnaire arabe/amazigh, Éd. Annajah Al Jadida, 1993, Casablanca.

[edit] Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} « Hommage. Azayku l'Amazigh » par Maria Daïf, TelQuel n°147 [1].
2. ^ Conscience et revendication de l'identité berbère.
3. ^ « Génération Amazigh » - HH / Tel Quel n° 184, août 2005.
4. ^ Claude Lefébure, Méditerranéennes n°11, hiver 1999/2000, Paris [2]