So “I wrote an asefru, but when I linked it up to the grid there were already five isefra on there!” Now you know. So if you do speak the language, and there’s a specific and more appropriate word for the form than what’s commonly used in America, hit me up so I can fix this post. Or even Tuareg Berber. Probably you don’t either. But I have a very deep seated and sneaking suspicion that the folks responsible for codifying the naming of poetry forms just grabbed the word for “poem” here. Itinerant poets who fight epic poetry duels don’t just come along every day.Before we dig into the form itself, I want to get a few linguistic niceties out of the way.įirst, and I know this is going to come as a surprise to those of you who think I know everything, I don’t speak Tamazight. If you can get past the colonial attitudes of the sources, though, it’s worth doing some research. Because, well, racism, he is often referred to by French scholars as “the Kabyle Verlaine” because people can’t just have nice things or do well on their own without being compared to other people. That’s right, in the relatively recent 19th century, the poet Si Mohand ou-Mhand n At Hmadouch became known internationally. But it’s a more recent cultural development that we’re here to talk about today. Or look up the 7th century war queen Dihya. ![]() Don’t believe me? Check out this dude on my left from the tomb of Seti I. The Amazigh (known historically as Berber) people have been around for a long time.
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