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Contes Berbères De Kabylie
Ces contes berbères qui s'ouvrent par l'antique et mystérieuse formule : "Machaho ! Tellem chaho !" ont traversé oralement bien des générations pour arriver jusqu'à nous.
- GenresShort Stories
192 pages, Pocket Book
First published October 13, 2000
About the author
Mouloud Mammeri
19 books30 followers[From Wikipedia] Mouloud Mammeri attended a primary school in his native village. In 1928 he emigrated to Morocco to live in his uncle's house in Rabat. Four years later he returned to Algiers and pursued his studies at Bugeaud College.
He then went to Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris intending to join the École Normale Supérieure. Conscripted in 1939 and discharged in October 1940, Mouloud Mammeri registered at the Faculté des Lettres d’Alger. Re-conscripted in 1942 after the American landing, he participated in the allied campaigns in France, Italy, and Germany.
After the end of the war, he received his degree as a professor of arts and returned to Algeria in September 1947 . He taught in Médéa, and then in Ben Aknoun, and published his first novel, The Forgotten Hill in 1952. He was forced to leave Algiers in 1957 because of the Algerian War. Mouloud came back to Algeria shortly after its independence, in 1962.
From 1965 to 1972 he taught Berber at the university in the department of ethnology. Teaching Berber was prohibited in 1962 by the Algerian government. He voluntarily taught some Berber courses under certain permission until 1973, when certain courses such as ethnology and anthropology were judged as "colonial sciences" and disbanded.
From 1969 to 1980 Mouloud Mammeri directed the Anthropological, Prehistoric and Ethnographic Research center at Algiers (CRAPE). He also headed the first national union of Algerian writers for a time, until he left due to disagreements over views of the role of writers in society.
In 1969 Mouloud Mammeri collected and published texts of the kabyle poet Si Mohand. In 1980, the prohibition of one of his conferences at Tizi Ouzou on kabyle poetry caused riots and what would be called the Berber Spring in Kabylie.
In 1982, he founded the Center of Amazigh Studies and Research (CERAM) and a periodical called Awal (The Word) in Paris, and organized several seminars on amazigh language and literature at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS). Thus he was able to compile a wealth of information on the amazigh language and literature. In 1988 Mouloud Mammeri received an honorary doctorate from Sorbonne.
Mouloud Mammeri died the evening of February 26, 1989 in a car accident, which took place near Ain-Defla on his return from a symposium in Oujda (Morocco). His funeral was spectacular, with more than 200,000 people in attendance. No officials attended the funeral, where the crowd organized in demonstrating against the government.
He then went to Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris intending to join the École Normale Supérieure. Conscripted in 1939 and discharged in October 1940, Mouloud Mammeri registered at the Faculté des Lettres d’Alger. Re-conscripted in 1942 after the American landing, he participated in the allied campaigns in France, Italy, and Germany.
After the end of the war, he received his degree as a professor of arts and returned to Algeria in September 1947 . He taught in Médéa, and then in Ben Aknoun, and published his first novel, The Forgotten Hill in 1952. He was forced to leave Algiers in 1957 because of the Algerian War. Mouloud came back to Algeria shortly after its independence, in 1962.
From 1965 to 1972 he taught Berber at the university in the department of ethnology. Teaching Berber was prohibited in 1962 by the Algerian government. He voluntarily taught some Berber courses under certain permission until 1973, when certain courses such as ethnology and anthropology were judged as "colonial sciences" and disbanded.
From 1969 to 1980 Mouloud Mammeri directed the Anthropological, Prehistoric and Ethnographic Research center at Algiers (CRAPE). He also headed the first national union of Algerian writers for a time, until he left due to disagreements over views of the role of writers in society.
In 1969 Mouloud Mammeri collected and published texts of the kabyle poet Si Mohand. In 1980, the prohibition of one of his conferences at Tizi Ouzou on kabyle poetry caused riots and what would be called the Berber Spring in Kabylie.
In 1982, he founded the Center of Amazigh Studies and Research (CERAM) and a periodical called Awal (The Word) in Paris, and organized several seminars on amazigh language and literature at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS). Thus he was able to compile a wealth of information on the amazigh language and literature. In 1988 Mouloud Mammeri received an honorary doctorate from Sorbonne.
Mouloud Mammeri died the evening of February 26, 1989 in a car accident, which took place near Ain-Defla on his return from a symposium in Oujda (Morocco). His funeral was spectacular, with more than 200,000 people in attendance. No officials attended the funeral, where the crowd organized in demonstrating against the government.
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January 2, 2018
le vrai nom est "MACHAHOU TELLEM CHAHOU " la phrase avec la quelle on commence un conte en kabyle
ça fait des années que J'ai lu ce livre et je me souviens encore de ses belles histoires
ça fait des années que J'ai lu ce livre et je me souviens encore de ses belles histoires
June 12, 2020
Un très beau livre . Je l'ai lu cela fait longtemps mais je me rappelle des histoires racontées. Des histoires que grand mère nous a raconté. On le remercié pour ce précieux héritage qu'il nous a laissé.
June 15, 2021
Un très beau livre . Je l'ai lu cela fait longtemps mais je me rappelle des histoires racontées. Des histoires que grand mère nous a raconté. On le remercié pour ce précieux héritage qu'il nous a laissé.
October 30, 2024
Sweet nostalgia from my childhood. This collection of Amazigh folklore stories, always starting with "Machahou Tellem Chahou", was my bedtime reading for a good part of my early years, and certainly shaped the person I am today.
November 6, 2021
Brillant par leur simplicité ses contes sont le relais parfait des traditions orales
March 13, 2023
Mulud ath maamar DH yiwen seg imyuraren amokran .deg umadal .tudert i wadhles nagh
April 6, 2025
Ay aṭas n teḥkayin tihuskayin!♡
October 2, 2025
Machaho!
October 4, 2022
لمحبي الأساطير و القصص الخرافية الأمازيغية أدعوكم لمطالعة كتاب contes berbères de kabylie
لمولود_معمري باللغة الفرنسية و الذي يضم حكايات خرافية من منطقة القبائل و الجميل فيه الافتتاحية التي تبدأ بصيغة قبائلية مثيرة machaho tellem chaho والتي تعني كان يا مكان
، وحكايات هذا
الكتاب تناقلتها الأجيال شفويا لتصل الينا عن طريق ما جمعه لنا مولود_معمري هنا
لمولود_معمري باللغة الفرنسية و الذي يضم حكايات خرافية من منطقة القبائل و الجميل فيه الافتتاحية التي تبدأ بصيغة قبائلية مثيرة machaho tellem chaho والتي تعني كان يا مكان
، وحكايات هذا
الكتاب تناقلتها الأجيال شفويا لتصل الينا عن طريق ما جمعه لنا مولود_معمري هنا
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December 26, 2016C'était un livre très passionnant, une lecture dont on se souviendrait éternellement.
June 29, 2013
Intéressant !
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