Mririda n’Ait Attik
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Mririda n’Ait Attik (ca. 1900 – ca. 1930s) was a Berber
Moroccan poetess writing in Tashelhit. She was born in Megdaz in the Tassaout valley. Her poems were put to paper and translated into French in the 1930s by René Euloge. Euloge was a French civil servant based in Assila since 1927.
Berber people
Berbers are the indigenous peoples of North Africa west of the Nile Valley. They are continuously distributed from the Atlantic to the Siwa oasis, in Egypt, and from the Mediterranean to the Niger River. Historically they spoke the Berber language or varieties of it, which together form a branch...
Moroccan poetess writing in Tashelhit. She was born in Megdaz in the Tassaout valley. Her poems were put to paper and translated into French in the 1930s by René Euloge. Euloge was a French civil servant based in Assila since 1927.
External links
- Texts in French and photo of n'Ait Attik http://www.lespoetes.reunis.fr/forum/index.php?showtopic=1946&mode=threaded
- Fragment sung by Hayet Ayad http://www.hayet-ayad.com/audio/tassaout02.htm