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Colonial Encounters in Gendered Settings

Reflections on Mrīrīda nʾait ʿAtiq, a Moroccan Amazīgh Courtesan and Singing Poet

Abstract

Mrīrīda nʾait ʿAtiq, or Mrīrīda ūt-ʿAtiq as she is locally known, is an Amazīgh popular troubadour who has been brought to oblivion by historiography writings. She was a courtesan and a traveling poet whose physical wanderings in the mountainous villages and valleys of Tasāout and Azilal are retold in her oral and aural poetry. Curiously, the often-scornful audiences in the public markets (souks) where she performed never got interested in Mrīrīda’s poems until she met with a French instructor who spoke the local dialect, taped the poems, translated them in French and documented them in Les Chants de la Tassaout.


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Presentato: 09 Marzo 2021 | Accettato: 08 Luglio 2021 | Pubblicato 21 Ottobre 2021 | Lingua: en

Keywords Amazīgh cultureGenderColonialismPostcolonialismEpistemic violenceMrīrīda nʾait ʿAtiqMorocco


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