IMAZIGHEN
Berbers, a culture in resistance 2004-2022.
Singular and plural, the very ancient Berber culture is also one of the most unknown and threatened in North Africa. The Imazighen* occupy a vast territory stretching from the Canary Islands to the Siwa oasis in Egypt, including Morocco and Algeria. These two countries are home to the majority of the Amazigh population which forms an indigenous entity: they are Tuaregs, Riffians, Kabyles, Chleuhs, Chaouis, Mzabs.
*Imazighen (Amazigh in the singular) – which means free man – is the original name of the Western term Berber.
Ferhat Bouda
Born in 1976 in Kabylia, Ferhat Bouda, Algerian photographer, member of Agence VU’ since 2014, is today based in Frankfurt (Germany). He is part of a tradition of documentary photography, and bears witness with respect to complex situations that are often difficult to understand, thwarting clichés and stereotypes. Winner of the Pierre and Alexandra Boulat scholarship in 2016, the Berlin Academy of Arts photography prize and scholarship in 2020, his work is regularly published in the international press, exhibited in Algeria, Germany, France, and presented at festivals.
Exhibition presented free of charge in the 1912 Building of La Pulperie.
Exhibition presented within the framework of the Zoom Photo Festival Saguenay.
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