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Morocco’s IRCAM to fund 88 Amazigh culture projects

21/06/2007

The Moroccan Royal Institute of Amazigh Culture (IRCAM) announced that it will fund 88 different projects for the promotion of Amazigh language and culture, ANSA reported on Wednesday (June 20th). IRCAM received 176 proposals from cultural associations and citizen groups and selected projects which will provide dialect courses, writing workshops, literacy programs, conferences and other activities designed to promote Amazigh culture. Tamazight is spoken in at least three regions of Morocco, including southern Souss, the Atlas Mountains and the northern Rif Valley.