Series | Library of Rassegna iberistica
Edited book | Narratives of Violence
Chapter | Colonial Encounters in Gendered Settings
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.
Submitted: March 9, 2021 | Accepted: July 8, 2021 | Published Oct. 21, 2021 | Language: en
Keywords Amazīgh culture • Postcolonialism • Epistemic violence • Mrīrīda nʾait ʿAtiq • Gender • Colonialism • Morocco
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