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Independence & Modern Algeria
Tassadit Yacine
Intellectuals & Culture
Scholars & ThinkersBorn 1949Kabylie
She has long collaborated on research about Pierre Bourdieu's early Algerian fieldwork.
Historical significance
She is a leading contemporary academic voice on Berber and women's studies in North Africa.
Their story
Anthropologist and researcher, Tassadit Yacine has devoted decades to the study of Berber language, oral poetry and women's voices in Algeria, building a major scholarly archive.
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She has long collaborated on research about Pierre Bourdieu's early Algerian fieldwork.