Children in front of the painted House of Knowledge in Kabylia

Kabyle socio-cultural network

Learning that no wall can close.

Axxam n Tmusni, the House of Knowledge, brings Kabyles in Kabylia and around the world together through education, books in Taqbaylit and projects for the land.

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800+olive trees planted since 2016
30+children learned Kabyle with us, along with 15 adults
11books published by our editions
2children heard sound for the first time

The idea

A network that carries Kabyle knowledge across borders.

Axxam n Tmusni links Kabyles who live in Kabylia with those who live abroad. Writers, translators, teachers and specialists share what they know.

The aim is simple: young people should learn in their own language, understand the world they live in and grow into free and curious minds.

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What we work for

Four goals guide our work.

01
Connect
Bring together Kabyles in the homeland and across the diaspora.
02
Educate
Online training for young people in language, computer science, media, environmental protection and leadership.
03
Protect
Projects that respect the environment and keep villages and rivers clean.
04
Cultivate
Mountain agriculture that brings the slopes of Kabylia back to life.

Children in the classroom of the House of Knowledge

Our story

It began in one family, in one village.

Manis Amrioui started the House of Knowledge in his own family and his home village in Kabylia. A simple garage became a school where children learned to read and write Kabyle, to ask questions and to think for themselves.

The house was later closed by the authorities. The work carried on: online, through our books and together with Kabyles all over the world.

The doors were closed. The minds stayed open.

Read the memoir of Manis Amrioui

Achievements

What we have built together.

Education

Kabyle lessons for more than 30 children and 15 adults
Homework help for pupils
Training in first aid and fire protection
Training in audiology
Volunteer work to bring Kabyle to Mozilla Common Voice

Land and environment

More than 800 olive trees planted
Recycling of olive waste to protect the environment
Avuzhayer, a truck that fought fires and supplied water, until it was confiscated
Research with students and professors on turning waste into a resource

Culture and community

A library of books written in Kabyle, to support our writers
Summer trips to the sea and a journey to Tunisia
A visit to a music school
Meetings, conferences and festivals

Isenfaṛ · Projects

Eleven projects for people, language and land.

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Environment

Tileqqamin

1000 olive trees

The olive tree is the symbol of Kabylia and the heart of its economy.

Community

Tasenmeslit

Audiology

Hearing tests for children with hearing loss, together with the audiologist Masin.

Community

Avuzhayer

The water truck

A truck that helped against fires and brought water to village families in summer.

Education

Idlisen i igurdan

Books for children

Reading early opens the mind to science, language and new ideas.

Environment

Aseḥviver ɣef twennaṭ

Environment protection

Clean villages and rivers, and a second life for olive pomace.

Education

Tutlayt

Kabyle language

Teaching and preserving Taqbaylit, so that people write it, speak it and create in it.

Tiẓrigin · Editions

Books in Taqbaylit, and Kabyle voices in other languages.

Tiẓrigin Axxam n Tmusni publishes original works in Kabyle, translates world literature into Kabyle and brings Kabyle voices to readers in English, French and German.

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