Brahim Akhiat

Brahim Akhiat (c. 1941 – 7 February 2018) was a Moroccan author and poet, and a Berber activist.

Brahim Akhiat
Born	1941 Akhiaten, Chtouka Aït Baha Province, Souss-Massa, Morocco
Died	7 February 2018 (aged 77)
Occupation(s)	Author, activist

Early life

Brahim Akhiat was born in 1941 in Akhiaten, Morocco.^[1][2][3]

Career

Akhiat began his career as a mathematics teacher in Kenitra and Rabat.^[1] Meanwhile, he became an Amazigh, or Berber, activist.^[2] In Rabat in 1967 he co-founded the Association marocaine de recherches et d'échanges culturelles, an Amazigh cultural organization which rose to prominence,^[4] alongside Abdellah Bounfour, Ahmed Akouaou, Omar El Khalfaoui and Ali El Jaoui.^[5] He served as its secretary general until his death.^[2] He joined the board of the Royal Institute of the Amazigh Culture in 2002.^[2]

Akhiat was the author of four books.^[2] He wrote both prose and poetry in Arabic and in French.^[2] His main theme was the relationship between Berber culture and Moroccan national identity.^[2] He was also the editor-in-chief of Amud and Tamunt.^[3] A conference was held in his honor near Kenitra in 2009.^[2]

Death

Akhiat died on 7 February 2018.^[3]

Selected works

• Akhiat, Brahim (1992). Tabrate.
• Akhiat, Brahim (1994). Pourquoi l'amazighité ?.
• Akhiat, Brahim (2004). Les hommes de l'action amazighe aujourd'hui décédés.
• Akhiat, Brahim (2007). l'amazighité notre identité nationale.