THE INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM
PRESENTATION • KEY SPEAKERS • SPEECHES • RECOMMANDATIONS • PHOTOS
The speeches
Opening of the Colloquium
Farida SELLAL
Official Opening Speech
Mr Messaoud Djari, Governor of Wilaya of Tamanrasset
Introduction to the proceedings of the Colloquium
Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, Director General of Unesco
The Preservation of the Imzad within the framework of the Unesco Convention for the preservation of the non-material cultural heritage
Miss Assia BEDJAOUI
The Music of the Imzad, artistic expression of the soul of the Touareg
Dr Boudjemâa Haichour
The characteristics of the Imzad in tradition: is the instrument,
the music and the repertoire threatened or enriched by modernity?
Mrs Edda BRANDES
The representation of space in the music of the anzad
Ernst Lichtenhahn
The magico-religious and therapeutic function of music among the
Touareg of the Ahaggar
Faïza SEDDIK ARKAM
The anzad of the Azawagh and the anzad of the region of
In Gall-Agadez: differences in structures and in the style of playing
François Borel
The socio-ethnic functions of the single-stringed violin in Niger
Dr Mahaman GARBA
Dar el-Imzad, the Ahal and the prevention of AIDS
Dr Hamid CERBAH
The Sahara of cultures and peoples
Hervé Barré
Message from Mrs Khalida Toumi
Minister of Culture
Saving the Imzad and its context in the country of the Touareg
Marceau Gast
The didactics of teaching traditional music: the advantages and the limits
of the oral method. A contribution to the study of the Algerian “zan’a”
musical system
Nadir MAROUF
The Imzad and the musicologist: future outlook for a secular musical tradition
Pierre Augier
The Dar el-Imzad Project
Mr Rachid KORAICHI
Timbre in the music of the imzad: some acoustic aspects and perceptions
Dr Fethi SALAH