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Ali Azayku
Ɛli Azayku
Azayku in 1962
Born1942
Died2004
NationalityMoroccan
Occupation(s)poet, historian, philosopher

Ali Sidqi Azaykou (Tachelhit: Ɛli Azayku; 1942–2004), also called Dda Ali,[1] was a Moroccan Berber poet, historian, philosopher and critic. He was an Amazigh activist.[2] He has greatly influenced the cultural Berber movements.[3]

Biography

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

Books

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  • 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.
  • Notes

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    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 » Archived 2007-10-07 at the Wayback Machine - HH / Tel Quel n° 184, août 2005.
    4. ^ Claude Lefébure, Méditerranéennes n°11, hiver 1999/2000, Paris