Resumen de Colonial Encountersin Gendered Settings: Reflections on Mrīrīda nʾait ʿAtiq,a Moroccan Amazīgh Courtesanand Singing Poet
t Mrīrīda nʾait ʿAtiq, or Mrīrīda ūt-ʿAtiq as she is locally known, is an Amazīghpopular troubadour who has been brought to oblivion by historiography writings. Shewas a courtesan and a traveling poet whose physical wanderings in the mountainousvillages and valleys of Tasāout and Azilal are retold in her oral and aural poetry. Curiously,the often-scornful audiences in the public markets (souks) where she performed nevergot interested in Mrīrīda’s poems until she met with a French instructor who spoke thelocal dialect, taped the poems, translated them in French and documented them in LesChants de la Tassaout.
