Benjamin Jones
Benjamin Jones is a PhD candidate at Georgetown University, where he studies the history of social movements and popular music in the Maghreb. He is currently researching a dissertation about the transnational Maghrebi music scene of the 1970s and 80s, which connected Kabyle folksingers, rai chebab, and Ghiwani bands across Morocco, Algeria, and France. His work has appeared in the Journal of North African Studies, Tamazgha Studies Journal, and Afropop Worldwide. He served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Morocco in the Middle Atlas from 2018 to 2020, and currently hosts a radio show on WOWD Takoma Radio.
Journals presented by Benjamin Jones
The 1970s and 80s witnessed a renaissance of indigenous culture in North Africa, as Amazigh (sometimes called “Berber”) intellectuals and activists sought to revive their language and traditions. This cultural activism took on subversive and even revolutionary tones, as it challenged the dominant Arab-Islamic nationalism of the region’s authoritarian governments. In Morocco, the Amazigh movement […]