Sound of Berberia tells the story of two young Moroccan musicians travelling through North Africa in search of the ultimate ‘Amazigh sound’ for their new album. They meet a journalist who persuades them to change their route to play with the Touareg in northern Mali, but the journalist’s motives remain unclear. When they realise her intentions, it is too late.

 Sound of Berberia shows the similarities and diversity in music, language and culture of the Amazigh peoples of North Africa, the Imazigh people. Their territory stretched from the Canary Islands to the Siwa oasis in Egypt and from Tunisia to the Sahel. Director Tarik El Idrissi hails from Al Hoceima and his native Rif mountains are his inspiration. With writer Abdelkader Benali, he made the documentary The Journey of Khadija, about Amsterdam-based Khadija Al Mourabit who goes in search of her grandmother’s combative stories.

Credits

Director: Tarik El Idrissi
Made possible by Bades Foundation