Ferhat Bouda — Imazighen
Exhibition from June 23 to July 28, 2023
Vernissage on June 22, 2023 in the company of the photographer
Galerie VU’
58 rue Saint Lazare, Paris
Wednesday to Friday, 12:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Ferhat Bouda’s work is in the tradition of documentary photography, bearing witness with respect and empathy to complex situations that are often difficult to approach or hidden behind stereotypes. For several years now, he has been devoting a long-term project to the recognition of Berber culture and identity.
Although Berber culture is very old, it is both unknown and threatened in North Africa.
The Imazighen* are spread over a vast territory from Mauritania to the Siwa oasis in Egypt, including Morocco and Algeria. These two countries are home to most of the Amazigh population, who form an indigenous entity: they are Tuaregs, Rifans, Kabyles, Chleuhs, Chaouis.
* The Imazighen (Amazigh in the singular) – meaning free man – is the original name for the western term Berber.
While there are differences from country to country, these populations are united around common values: their democratic social organization, their ties to the land, their sense of community, their relationship with the sacred, their tradition of hospitality and, of course, their desire to preserve their language and culture.
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Hôtel Paul Delaroche
58 rue Saint Lazare, 75009 Paris
+33 1 53 01 85 85
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