Ali Azayku

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]

Ali Azayku
Ɛli Azayku
Azayku in 1962
Born	1942
Died	2004
Nationality	Moroccan
Occupation(s)	poet, historian, philosopher

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.