The Amazigh Voice, December 1995 - March 1996
Tamazgha Loses a Prominent Scholar

This past September brought its share of sadness. A family in the Moroccan Rif loses its beloved, and Tamazight loses one of the top architects of its revival. Kaddour Cadi passed away on September 15 in a tragic car accident. His death came as a shock to both those who knew him in person and those who knew him through his work. To those who have never heard of him before today, Kaddour Cadi was a professor of French and Theoretical Linguistics at the University of Fes (Morocco) and has always been active in the Tamazight area. In Morocco where the teaching of Tamazight is still not permitted in any school or university, professors such as Kaddour Cadi managed to carry out research in Amazigh studies with many of their graduate students. Professor Cadi has published about twenty articles on Tamazight, some of which were presented at international conferences, and has written a book on Riffian verbal system.

A founder of the ``Etudes Linguistiques'' research group of the University of Fes, Professor Cadi was a paragon of dedication to the promotion of the Amazigh language and culture in North Africa and Europe. In addition to his academic work and presentations in professional meetings, a two-month invitation to the Netherlands [hosted by the Department of General Linguistics of the University of Amsterdam] allowed him to give a series of conferences and interviews. During his stay, he elaborated a number of projects [in collaboration with the Ministry of Education] to implement the teaching of Tamazight in that country.

Although Professor Cadi [may he rest in peace] has left us, his work and words will remain an invaluable source of knowledge and inspiration. He will always be cherished in our hearts. As an homage to his significant scholarly contributions, committment, and devotion to the advancement of Tamazight, we are publishing a nonexhaustive list of his publications. This list has been compiled by Dr. H. Larbi (U.S.A) with the help of Dr. A. Al Aissati (The Netherlands).

If you know of any other publications of his, please forward them to the editors of AV or the chairperson of the research committee, so they may be added to ACAA's bibliographical database.

Cta'mber' agi yezrin yewwi-d yides amur-is n leh'zen. Yiwet n takat di tmurt n Rrif (Merr'uk) iru'h'-as win aazizen fellas, am akken Tamazight tesr'uh' yiwen seg wid i s-d-ibennun deg llsas-is. Kaddour Cadi yeddja-yagh. Tewwi-t tin yeggunin yal amdan. Tejleq-it tmettant tagheddar't qbel lawan. Ayagi id'r'a-d deg was n lar'baa wis 13 si Ct'amber'.

Kaddour Cadi ir'uh' iddja imawlan-is d warraw-is. Nessaram di lehna i yr'uh, ara a n-yaf anida ara rsen ighsan-is. Nessaram dighen h'aca lehna i d-yeddja gher deffir i widak iddren. Kaddour iddja-yagh, maca ur iddji Tamazight nnegh. Yura fellas, yeddja-d ayen ara d'efr'en wiyid', ayen s wayes ur t-ntettu!


Publications by Professor Cadi

[1] Le verbe en Tarifit (Maroc-Nord): formes, structures et valences, These de 3eme cycle en Linguistique, Univ. Paris III-EPHE, 1981.

[2] Pour une archeologie onomastique: le cas (t)amazigh(t), Al-Asas 45, pp. 31-34, 1982.

[3] Le Berbere: langue ou dialecte? Actes de la Premiere Rencontre de l'Universite d'Ete d'Agadir: "La culture populaire. L'unite dans la diversite", Agadir: Association Univeriste d'Ete d'Agadir, pp. 149 -154, 1982.

[4] Langues et ideologies linguistiques au Maroc, AL-ASAS 50, pp. 34-38, 1983.

[5] Vers une dialectologie comparee du Maghreb: le statut Epistemique de la langue tamazight, Tafsut, Etudes et Debats, Vol. 1, pp. 51-56, 1983.

[6] Quelques remarques metalinguistiques sur les formes verbales derivees en langue Tamazight, Revue de la Faculte des Lelttres de Fes Vol. 7, pp. 73-78, 1983-1984.

[7] Quel passage et quel ecrit?: remarques preliminaires sur le rapport oralite-ecriture dans la langue Tamazight, Tafsut, Etudes et Debats, Vol. 2, pp. 59-68, 1985.

[8] Valence et derivation verbale en Tarifit, Awal: Cahiers d'Etudes Berberes Vol. 1, pp. 111-123, 1985.

[9] The Script Power on the Maghrebian Oral Space: Succint Remarks on the Scriptural Violence" (in Arabic), Al-Ittihad Al-Ichtiraki, 30 October 1985.

[10] Mother tongue, development and democracy in Maghreb, Tafsut Vol. 3, 1986.

[11] Is the language an obstacle to the scientific discourse setting-up in Linguistics? (in Arabic), Dirasat Adabiya wa Lisaniya Vol. 4, 1986.

[12] Systeme verbal Rifain. Forme et sens. Linguistique Tamazight (Nord Marocain), Paris: SELAF, 1987.

[13] Prepositions et rections en Tarifit (Nord Marocain), Etudes et Documents Berberes, Vol. 3, pp. 67-75, 1987.

[14] Transitivite et diathese en Tarifit: Analyse de quelques relations de dependance lexicale et syntaxique, These d'Etat en Linguistique, Univ. Paris III, 1990.

[15] Structure de la phrase et ordre des mots en Tarifit, Etudes et Documents Berberes, Vol. 6, pp. 42-59, 1989.

[16] Sujet et predication non verbale en rifain, Etudes et Documents Berberes, Vol. 8, pp. 79-95, 1991.

[17] Maternal Tongues and Social Institutions in the Maghreb: Facts and Prospects, Tizi-Ouzou conference (16-19 October, 199?).

[18] The passage to the written: from the cultural identity to the social stake, Faculty of Letters, Rabat, 1991.

[19] De la langue a la langue, ou Tamazight et le paradoxe de la langue introuvable, Actes du Colloque International Unite et Diversite de Tamazight, Organized by Agraw Adelsan Amazigh, Ghardaia, Algeria, Vol. 1, pp. 61-76, 1992.

[20] Une cause peut en cacher une autre ou le probelme d'agentivite en Berbere, A la croisee des Etudes libyco-berberes, Melanges Galand, Paris, Geuthner, 1993.

[21] Tamazight between the individual effort and the institutional silence, Al-Ittihad Al-Ichtiraki, June 12, 1993.