Twiza Festival of Tangier The Mediterranean Festival of Amazigh Culture in Tangier celebrates its sixth edition this year. It is an event, which, since its creation in 2005 by the Association of Touiza in Tangier, seeks to strengthen and enrich the cultural and artistic scene of this city. This cultural event organized by the Foundation of the Mediterranean Festival of Amazigh Culture in Tangier decided to adopt a new name for this festival, which... 

Tinariwen FIFA World Cup Kick-off Celebration Concert 2010 Tinariwen is a band from Mali who appeared at the 2010 Word Cup Opening Ceremony in Johannesburg, South Africa. Performing on the night the band were given an impressive nine minute slot. Playing their blend of Mali Blues it is best to watch the video for yourself and make your own decision. Tinariwen represented North Africa and their home country of Mali by performing at the 2010 World... 

Thaghrast new album Thghrast is preparing to release its first album, which will be available in the markets in the coming weeks. This album is a fruit of two years of hard work by the band members who were supported by Maghreb Athaqafat, the association in charge of organizing Mawazine festival, to record their first album. The music of Thahrast is characterized by the richness of its musical styles ranging from the Rifian Traditional music to Gnawa... 

Toumast The Touaregs occupy a huge territory that stretches from central Sahara – southern Libya to southern Algeria – to the North of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso. During the past decades, their society underwent transformations that deeply modified their pastoral and trading economy as well as their political life. At the beginning of the 1960’s, while the Touaregs expressed in vain their refusal to be attached to the states of Niger or Mali,... 

Mohamed el Hadef: "the Matmata-region cave dwellings, Tunisians still live in." Movie fans worldwide know the cave dwellings in southern Tunisia’s Matmata Mountains as the boyhood home of “Star Wars” hero Luke Skywalker, but this is not the usual tour group of film buffs. These young Tunisians are on a special trip to their ancestral homeland, as part of a national effort to protect Amazigh heritage from extinction. “Many... 

Latest album 'SLIYID' Hair in a mess , passionate gaze and always a guitar in his hands. YELAS means ‘omnipresent’, at the moment in berber (amazigh) music , he’s definitely one of the most innovative artists. A few years a go, he left his native village called TARIHANT situated in the mountains of kabyle not far from the Mediterranean. Then he began a long voyage around the world , full of adventures and friendships; mainly... 

Tifyur Association “Imazighen de Melilla” celebrated Asugas Amaynu from the 15th to the 23rd of January. The event included several activities ranging from Theater, Exposition and Music. The theater group Assam from Nador performed its famous Play “Thaziri Thamiri”, which is realized by Farouk Aznabet, in the 15th of January 2010. The artist Siham from Nador was also present with her artistic works, which endured for a whole week.... 

Rumbamazigha Rumbamazigha was created by Taller de Músics to promote and mix musicians from diverse origins, geographic locations and styles. Rumba Catalana and Amazigha music have combined by exchanging their musical languages, melodies and rhythms to create a popular, uplifting and unique sound. This production was born in Taller de Músics in 2008 with support from Caixa Catalunya Social Work. This program provides funding for projects that promote... 

Tamazight TV Channel An Amazigh-language TV channel first proposed three years ago finally hit Moroccan airwaves on January 6th, satisfying a long-awaited demand by a significant percentage of the country’s citizens. During the first phase of broadcast operations, set to run until March, programmes in Amazigh dialects Tachelhit, Tarifit and Tamazight will air for six hours each day during the week and ten hours on the week-ends. The Tamazight channel... 

Tinariwen Alhousseïni Abdoulahi–a.k.a. Abdallah–is the spokesman for the celebrated Tuareg folk/rock band Tinariwen. In the summer of 2004, the band was making yet another European tour, and preparing for their first American one, to begin in October of that year. Banning Eyre reached him by telephone in France. The two had often met before, in France, Spain, at the 2003 Festival in the Desert in Essakane, Mali, and at the Smithsonian...