Amazigh Cultural Association in America

 
 

ACAA now accepts creadit card payments through PayPal. We created a page just for donations. If you click on the tab "Donate", you will be taken to a page with a "Donate" button. This takes you to our PayPal account where all major credit cards are accepted.

From now on, anyone, member or not who wishes to support ACAA can do it through this website while using their favorite credit card. Each payment costs a small fee to ACAA (deducted from the payment total), but it buys us all convenience that we hope will make it easier for many people to support the many good things ACAA does.

Tiddukla tadelsant tamaziɣt deg Marikan tura tezmer ad teṭṭef lexlas nnwen s tkarḍiwin usebru. Tikarḍiwin ak ittwassnen am Visa, American Express, Discover, atg… ad ttwaqeblent.

Wid iran a d-fken tallalt i tiddukla tura zemren a t-ggen seg wexxam nnsen, fiḥel tabṛatt fiḥel tamber. 

Eddut ɣer teclalt “Donate”, dinna ad tafem abuṭun “Donate" ma ttekkam fellas a ken-yawi ɣer usebter n lkunt n tiddukla ɣur Paypal. Dinna tzmerem ad tessersem ayen tram a t-id-fkem i tiddukla. S kra n tikelt ara d-xelles tiddukla seg lkunt n PayPal, attan ad tefk cwiṭ n isurdiyen i PayPal. Ɣas akka a nexser acemma, nessaram belli abrid-a d abrid ara yessehlen tukci i tiddukla. Ad tishil teswiɛt i tiddukla, ad tishil teswiɛt i wid inwan belli tiddukla-ya tuklal tallalt ɣef wayen i ttegg.

 
 

Member of ACAA Amor Nouri wanted to give an homage to two important entities that affected him deeply and did it the American way. In the United States, many people express gratititude, thanks or donate to projects of interest to the public while being recognized through a message or an inscription on a marble plaque, on a public bench, or even on a paver. This is the way Amor Nouri has chosen to remember forever:

- Dda Lmulud (Mouloud Mammeri), the father of Tamazight

- The Victims of Kabylia's Black Spring (Tafsut Taberkant) where more than 125 young people were killed by the Algerian government for their revolt againt social injustice and marginalization of the Amazigh identity.

The following messages were inscribed on brick pavers that Amor Nouri sponsored for The Delaware Peninsula:

- "In Mermory of Mouloud Mammeri, Father of Tamazight"

- "In Mermoriam. Heroes of Freedom. Kabylia Black Spring 2001"


Here is a picture of the Peninsula, Delaware, where the brick pavers have been installed.


 
 

Elizabeth Alalou and Ali Alalou, illustrated by Julie Klear Eskalli

As young Nora waits impatiently for her mother to come home from work and for her father to serve the long-simmering couscous that smells so delicious, her father tells her about his childhood in Morocco. During a famine, when Nora's grandfather had to travel far to find work and bring food for the family, her father learned the valuable life lessons of patience, perseverance, and hope.

The Butter Man is a Junior Library Guild selection.


THE BUTTER MAN
Elizabeth Alalou and Ali Alalou
Charlesbridge
February 2008
ISBN 978-1-58089-127-1



Order the Butter Man from ACAA by contacting ACAA.

Charlesbridge has just published a new children's book whose story is based in a small Amazigh village of the Atlas mountains of Morocco. The book was written by Elizabeth and Ali Alalou. This is a great story for children and it may be the first children's book that tells a story about an Amazigh child.

The publisher contacted us with an offer to sell us the book at a very good discount. But before we can place an order we would like to get an idea how many people would like to buy it. Below is a summary from the Alalou's website.

ACAA will sell it to you for $12 including shipping and handling. 

Argaz nni bu wudi

Tagi d tamacahutt n yiwen weqcic d amaziɣ n Merruk. Tura-tt Elizabeth d Ali Alalou. Tiẓrigin Charlesbridge i d-yessufɣen adlis-a rant ad aɣ-senzen adlis-a s kra n rrxa. Ihi win iran ad yaɣ adlis-a ad aɣ-d-yini akken a nkmandi ayen ilaqen ɣer Teẓrigin.Tzemrem ad teɣrem akessar-a ayen d-ittwuran ɣef udlis-a deg wesmel n Elzabeth d Ali Lalou.Tiddukla ad awen-tesenz adlis-a $12 (azal n uceggaɛ yedda-d).