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Azul,

Ay atmaten d tissmatin yewweḍ-ed lawan i tefrent n imeqqranen n tiddukla.

D lawan deg yiwen/yiwet yezmer/tezmer a d-ixemel i iɣallen-is akken ad yeqdec ɣef tiddukla d iswiyen ɣef teswiri.

- Ara nessutur deg kra n imaslaḍen (3 ma aṭas) ad ilin di terbaɛt n tefrent (wid araq d-yeṭṭfen tibṛatin n tefrent). Ur tettut ara belli win/tin ara yilin deg tarbɛat n tefrent ur yezmir/tezmir ad d-ibedd ɣer tefrent.

Ttxil nnwen iliken d iɛerḍiyen akken ad xedmem ɣef tiddukla d yeswiyen ines. Nessutur deg imeẓyanen a d-kecmen akken ad ddmen amkan n iwessaren. D nutni i d imal n tiddukla d wayen tessalay.

Tanemmirt

Agraw n Tiddukla

It is that time again when ACAA has to renew its leadership. It is an opportunity for everyone to serve and perhaps right the wrongs of the previous administration, and take ACAA to the next level.

We would like to ask for volunteers to serve on the election committee. We need 3 people maximum. These will report to the Board of Directors. Please keep in mind that those who serve on the election committee cannot be candidates for any post in the new administration.

Please volunteer to serve ACAA and the causes it defends. We especially encourage the younger generation to step forward and "take the baton from the older one".

Thanks

The Board of Directors

Al-Jazeera-English TV has recently (during this month of July) aired a series of reports on the Tuareg rebellion in northern Niger.
Journalist May welsh travelled to northern Niger and interviewed many Tuareg families as well as representatives of MNJ, the Tuareg movement that is currently fighting Niger’s government forces for a better distribution of Niger’s resources, better representation, justice and human rights. Above all for a fair share of the Uranium mining operations undertaken by Niger in the northern predominantly Tuareg areas. Al-Jazeera’s website also featured many articles and photos from May Welsh’s trip. You can watch all of these videos on Youtube or directly on Aljazeera’s website.


Nomad Army:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxXNlqIbaW4
Desertification:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhrWCGIlku4
Uranium:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icG7O-laum8
Human Cost:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdcNxXStF90
Education:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glTIGErkdy4

Webpage for print stories:  http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/unrestsahara/

Webpage documenting May Wlesh’s journey with photos:  http://labs.aljazeera.net/node/18

English version follows

Asaru documentaire adelsan d-yura Ḥasen Zenya attan iffeɣ-ed deg DVD.

Asaru-a yewwi-d tamacahut n yiwen n weɣrib dagi deg Marikan yeddan ɣer tmurt. Immekti-d tamurt d laɛwayed-is d wayen ak i t-id-yessekren d wayen d-ǧǧan lejdud-is. Iẓra belli tamurt tbeddel, tmaɛict nni n zik ur d-tegri ara, ula d timucuha d tuččit nni n zik ur d-grin ara. Ihiittxemmim ihi amek tura, anda akka ara yeddu.

Asaru-ya iɛedda-d deg tfaska n usaru amaziɣ di Los Angeles aseggas agi (2008). Iɛedd-ad diɣen deg temlilit n tefsut imaziɣen d-tessudes Tiddukla Tamaziɣt deg Marikan i New Jersey di Yebrir agi izrin.

Win iran a d-yaɣ a-DVD agi ad yeddu ɣer: http://www.filmbaby.com/films/3111

Win iran ad iwali taceqquft seg usaru agi ad iddu ɣer: http://youtube.com/watch ?v=ZE-GH2z1T4U

Asmel n Ḥasen Zennia hattan di: http://www.zenniastudio.com

The Road Behind, The Road Ahead is a new documentary by aspiring artist Hacene Zennia. It was just released on DVD and can be purchased online (see below). The documentary has already been shown at the 2008 Los Angeles Amazigh Film Festival and at the 2008 Tafsut commemoration by ACAA, in New Jersey.

From the author: The Road Behind, The Road Ahead is about a return to the roots, my Berber, Amazigh roots in Algeria, North Africa. Over the years, I have witnessed the assimilation of my culture away from the French colonial period toward Arabization, and now toward the west with the advent of the internet and wireless communications. This documentary aims to capture traditional Berber culture before the last pure generation - the generation of my mother, who never went to school, speaks only Berber, and live in a traditional Berber culture - vanishes.

The DVD can be ordered from http://www.filmbaby.com/films/3111

You can see excerpts of the documentary on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=ZE-GH2z1T4U

To know more about Zennia's work, please visit his website at: http://www.zenniastudio.com

Asmi teffeɣ Fransa si Tmurt n Lezzayer deg useggas n 1962, Leqbayel nwan dayen ifuk fell-asen lḥif, ddel d tmuḥqranit. Nnan-as, tura mi yekcem uṛumi amcum s axxam-is, talwit ad d-tekcem Tudrin n Yeqbayliyen.

Nwan dɣa d tidett ad ddren ddaw laɛnaya n Tugdut (démocratie) d yedles-nnsen am nutni am watma-nsen Izzayriyen-nniḍen yettmeslayen taerabt.

Asirem-nni, yedder kra n wussan, alarmi ɣ-d-yenna luḥkum: ‘’Agdud azzayri d aɛrab, ulac ayen-nniḍen !’’. Imiren dɣa iban-d udem aḥeqqani n wid yeṭṭfen akursi s uqezzul, aqezzul-nni yesedduyen timsal ara ass-a n wussan.

Tilelli, timuzɣa, tidert n ser d lḥerma d wayen akk ɣef wacu nnuɣen Leqbayel yettwattu. Asirem-nni wwin-t waman.

Dɣa, yaf-d iman-is weqbayli rrif n tlufa n Tmurt. Tameslayt-is tettwakess seg temsal tunṣibin (officielles). Lbaṭel yewweḍ almima yura weqbayli tutlayt-is ad yekcem ɣer lḥebs. Idles amaziɣ yettwaḥaṛem seg yiles n weqbayli. Adabu (pouvoir) amesbaṭli yanna-k: “imaziɣen ddren zik, ma d tura qlen d aeraben, d inselmen. Lezzayer d taerabt, d tineslemt. Win ur neqbil annect-a ur yelli seg-neɣ!”

Leqbayel ikcem-iten lḥir: Tura mi ssufɣen arumi acku ẓran ur llin ara d irumiyen, adabu azzayri yiwta s wayen yezmer ad ten-yer d aeraben…

Zdat lmenker yecban wa, aqbayli yenna-d: Awah !!  atmaten-nneɣ yetmeslayen taerabt uɣ-d-fihimn ara. Asmi ara sen-nessefhem d acu-yaɣ, ass-nni ad aɣ-d-fken afus akken ad nesbed tugdut d talwit di tmurt n Lezzayer.

Ilmend n waya i krent tudrin n tmurt n leqbayel deg 63 (FFS), 1980 (Tafsut imaziɣen), 1989 (RCD) almi d 2001 (Tafsut taberkant). Mmuten yelmeẓyen, kecmen leḥbus ur yessaweḍ imenɣi lebɣi-nneɣ. Ass-a mazal ulac ayen yessefṛaḥen.

Win ur nessin ara amek-it weqbayli ad as-yini :  ‘’Leqbayel ugaden ad nnaɣen, ad sutren tugdut d yedles i yiman-nnsen’’

Lukan d lebɣi, akken nessufeɣ arumi almi tuɣ aẓar taerabt, ilaq aeraben ad aɣ-eiwnen akken idles aqbayli ad yeseu amkan-is. Dacu kan, maççi akka i teḍra. Tamurt n leqbayel tettwaḥqer izzayriyen netten sussmen.

Ass-a, aken ma nella neẓra, iberdan iɣelnawen (nationalistes) ur ɣ-suffɣen ara ɣer lebɣi-nneɣ. Akken s-yenna Lwennas, ‘’ Ulayɣer nurǧa asirem, a nsenned f sbeṛ…’’

Tidett, ma nebɣa a nneder, yusa-d lawan anda ilaq ad nemeslay geraneɣ, ad nennaɣ f yiman-nneɣ...

D wa i d abrid ma nebɣa ad nedder s yidles-nneɣ, s tutlayt-nneɣ di Tmurt-nneɣ

Ɣef waya I d-snulfan warrac iqbayliyen tinamit i tmurt n Leqbayel,MAK.

Win yebɣan ad d-yekk afus, anṣuf-yes.

Lyazid Abid

Win ibɣan ad yesteqsi, ad-yaru ɣer:   yazlota@hotmail.com

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Nekni s imaslaḍen n Tiddukla Tadelsant Tamaziɣt deg Marikan (ACAA), nenejmaɛ ass n lḥed, wis-29 deg Yunyu, deg Bridgewater, New Jersey akken a d-nesmekti lmut n Maɛṭub Lwennas d-yeḍran 10 iseggasen aya. Anejmaɛ agi yewwi-yaɣ a d-nini aya:

 1.      Ass-a a nefk tajmilt i Lwennas ɣef wayen issali, ama deg wemḍiq n ccna, neɣ n tmedyazt, ɣef umennuɣ-is ɣef izerfan d tagdut, neɣ ɣef wakken yella d amizwar nneɣ s umata.

2.       Tajmilt tameqqrant meṛṛa i nezmer a s-tt-negg i Lwennas ma yella nexdem akken asirem i d-yeslal deg ulawen n ilmeẓyen d telmeẓyin imaziɣen ad yeffeɣ. I waya, nger tiɣri i imaziɣen anida ma llan akken ad xemmlen i iɣallen nnsen akken ad sǧuǧǧgen tamagit d yedles nnsen. Tin tent-yugaren ak, akken ad dduklen zdat ucengu.

3.      Nessawal i telmeẓyin d ilmeẓyen akken ad suddesen, ad ssalin imal n weɣref amaziɣ ɣef llsas i d-yeǧǧa Lwennas.

4.      Neggul akken nella da, a nexdem akken tiddukla nneɣ ad tennerni, ad texdem ak d tiddukliwin tiyaḍ bac akken a nesnefli aɣref d yedles nneɣ.  Aya nezmer a t-naweḍ ma yella neḍfer amedya n Lwennas.

5.      Nekni s imalslaḍen n ACAA, neḥseb belli mači kan d amizwar i ɣ-yemmuten, d amddakel! Ur ntettu ara ayen ixdem Lwennas i tiddukla as mi d-yusa ɣer Marikan, icna di New York ak d San Francisco deg useggas n 1993.

6.      Deg wis 25 si Yunyu, adabu azzayri aqettal, ira ad iqmeḍ ṣṣut n Lwennas i labda. Maca 10 iseggasen ɣer zdat, Lwennas mazal-it idder deg ulawen nneɣ, ma d ṣṣut-is la yettbaɛziq, acku Lwennas d asirem d unadad n yilmeẓyen nneɣ.

Ɣef yisem n ACAA
Tarbaɛt i wesmekti n umulli wis-10 n lmut n Maɛṭub Lwennas
Bridgewater, New Jersey
Wis-29 seg Yunyu 2008

We, members of the Amazigh Cultural Association in America (ACAA), gathered this Sunday, June 29, in Bridgwater, New Jersey to observe the 10th anniversary of the death of Lounès Matoub, make the following statement:

1.  We pay tribute to the memory of Lounès Matoub for his artistic contribution, his fight and leadership, and in general for his contribution to the Amazigh cause and democracy.

2.  We consider that the most beautiful tribute that we can pay him is to work so that his hopes and those he instilled in the hearts of many Amazigh youth become reality.  For that we call upon all Imazighen wherever they may be, to gather their strength to ensure the prosperity of their identity and culture and especially to unite in the face of adversity.

3.  We invite the Amazigh youth to organize and build the future of the Amazigh people on the foundations and the sacrifice of Lounès Matoub.

4.  We commit ourselves to continuing to strengthen our association and collaborate with other associations to contribute to the development of our people and culture with Lounès Matoub as a role model.

5.  We, members of ACAA, consider that we lost not only a leader, but also a friend.  Lounès Matoub’s contribution to ACAA through two concerts in New York and San Francisco in 1993 will remain memorable.

6.  On June 25, 1998, the Algerian government’s assassins wanted to silence Lounès Matoub forever.  But 10 years later, Lounès Matoub is always alive in our hearts and his words still resound among us because Lounès Matoub represents hope and determination for the Amazighe youth.

For ACAA,

The Steering Committee for the Commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of the Assassination of Lounès Matoub

Bridgewater, New Jersey
June 29 2008