Ali Azayku

Ali Azayku
Ɛli Azayku
Azayku in 1962
Born	1942
Died	2004
Nationality	Moroccan
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

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

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

1. « 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