As you may know from the many previous posts, we enjoyed three years with Peace Corps as Youth Development volunteers in Morocco. During this time, we had the pleasure of meeting Said N'Ait Hda, a university student of linguistics and a member of our English Language workshop. Said's family is Amazir (an ethnic group that occupies much of North Africa), and he reads and writes Tifinagh, the written form of the ancient Amazir language. Because we expressed an interest in his ancestral language and its curious alphabet, he presented us with several traditional folk tales told by his grandmother, written in Tifinagh and English.
While all Amazir speak various dialects of their language, few can read and write it, so Said thought it might be useful to preserve these oral stories, written in Tifinagh, Arabic and English, and illustrate them to be more accessible for children. Below you will see some preliminary layouts from two different stories with and without captions) to give you an idea of what we plan to publish in the coming year.
While all Amazir speak various dialects of their language, few can read and write it, so Said thought it might be useful to preserve these oral stories, written in Tifinagh, Arabic and English, and illustrate them to be more accessible for children. Below you will see some preliminary layouts from two different stories with and without captions) to give you an idea of what we plan to publish in the coming year.
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