Tales of Joujouka

Cover of Hamri's Tales of Joujouka, Capra Press, 1975 showing Boujeloud/Pan

Tales of Joujouka is a book by Moroccan painter Mohamed Hamri 1932-2000 containing eight stories. It was first published in 1975 book by the Capra Press in Santa Barbara, California. The editor was Edouard Roditi. It was the last of thirty five chapbooks in a series which also included Anaïs Nin , Raymond Carver, Lawrence Durrell and Henry Miller. Hamri was the only Moroccan published in the series.

It is a collection of the tales and legends of the village of Jajouka and its master musicians Master Musicians of Joujouka. The book includes "The Legend of Boujeloud" which relates the origin myth for the Master Musicians of Joujouka and their association with the deity Pan (mythology). The story "The Cultivator with Lions and Healer of Crazy Minds" is an account of Sidi Ahmed Scheich the saint who founded Joujouka's first encounter with the musicians c.800 AD. Translation from the original Magrebi is by Blanca Nyland.

The origianl edition was printed with a card cover. 50 numbered and signed hardbound copies were also published in 1975.

In 2003 The Black Eagle Press in Tangier Morocco produced a new edition of the book which contained an introduction and three extra tales.

ISBN

• 0-88496-043-9 hbk.
• 0-88496-044-7 pbk.
• 0-9523838-8-8 (2003 edition)

See Also

• Mohamed Hamri
• Joujouka Black Eyes
• Boujeloud
• Jajouka
• Brion Gysin
• William S. Burroughs
• Timothy Leary
• Master Musicians of Joujouka
• Pan (mythology)

External Links

• Master Musicians of Joujouka Website and Ethical Store
• An interview with Frank Rynne talking about more than 15 years working with Hamri and the The Master Musicians of Joujouka. The Lazarus Corporation (UK, Nov. 2007).