Ali Azayku Explained
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| Native Name: | Ɛli Azayku |
| Birth Date: | 1942 |
| Death Date: | 2004 |
| Nationality: | Moroccan |
| Occupation: | poet, historian, philosopher |
Ali Sidqi Azaykou (; 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
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
- French: Timitar. Collection of Berber poetry. 1988.
- French: Relation de voyage du Marabout de Tasaft dans le Haut-Atlas. Éd. de la Faculté des Lettres, Kénitra, 1992.
- French: Izmulen. Collection of Berber poetry. Rabat, 1995.
- French: Histoire du Maroc et ses possibles interprétations. Recueil d'articles. Éd. Centre Tarik Ibn Zyad, Rabat, 2002. Introduction by Ahmed Toufiq.
- French: L'islam et les Amazighs, 2002.
- French: Quelques exemples de toponymes marocains, 2004.
- French: Petit dictionnaire arabe/amazigh, Éd. Annajah Al Jadida, 1993, Casablanca.
Notes
- « Hommage. Azayku l'Amazigh » par Maria Daïf, TelQuel n°147 http://www.mondeberbere.com/azayku_telquel.html.
- Conscience et revendication de l'identité berbère.
- http://www.tamaynut.org/article.php3?id_article=104 « Génération Amazigh »
- http://www.mondeberbere.com/azayku_bio_en.html Claude Lefébure, Méditerranéennes n°11, hiver 1999/2000, Paris
