Ferhat Bouda — Imazighen. Berbères une culture en résistance
Exhibition from 11 October to 10 November 2024
ZOOM Photo festival Saguenay
La Pulperie de Chicoutimi. Québec
300 Rue Dubuc, Chicoutimi, QC G7J 4M1, Canada
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 the majority 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.
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