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* [http://www.lazaruscorporation.co.uk/v4/articles/frankrynne.php 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)]. |
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Revision as of 21:29, 28 December 2007
Tales of Joujouka is a book by Moroccan painter Mohamed Hamri 1932-2000 containing eight stories including the important legends and folklore of Hamri's home village of Joujouka or Jajouka in Morocco.
The Book
Tales of Joujouka was first published in 1975 by the Capra Press in Santa Barbara, California. The editor was Edouard Roditi.[1] 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. [2] 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. The story "The Cultivator with Lions and Healer of Crazy Minds" is an account of Sidi Ahmed Scheich's first encounter with the musicians ancestors c.800 AD. He is the Sufi saint who founded the village. Translation from the original Magrebi is by Blanca Nyland.[3]
Limited Edition
The origianl edition was printed with a card cover. 50 numbered and signed hardbound copies were also published in 1975.[4]
New Edition
In 2003 The Black Eagle Press in Tangier Morocco produced a new edition of the book which contained an introduction and three extra tales.[5]
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)
References
- ^ Hamri, Mohamed, Tales of Joujouka", (Santa Barbarra, 1975)
- ^ Hamri, Mohamed, Tales of Joujouka", (Santa Barbarra, 1975)
- ^ Hamri,Mohamed, Tales of Joujouka, (Santa Barbara, 1975)
- ^ Hamri,Mohamed, Tales of Joujouka, Hardback Limited signed edition, (Santa Barbara, 1975)
- ^ Hamri, Mohamed<Tales of Joujouka (Tangier, 2003)