AMBIVALENCE DE LA MÉMOIRE DANS LES ÉCRITS DE PRISON AU MAROC : CAS DE TAZMAMART
THE AMBIVALENCE OF MEMORY IN MOROCCAN PRISON WRITINGS: THE CASE OF TAZMAMART

Summary/Abstract: The Ambivalence of Memory in Moroccan Prison Writings: The Case of Tazmamart. The prison literature produced by survivors of the Tazmamart prison in Morocco is a moving testimony to the dehumanizing conditions of imprisonment. Whether in the form of testimony or fiction, this literature, which liberates speech and breaks the silence on a dark page of human rights in Morocco, reserves a special place for individual and collective memory. In this article, we propose to analyze the ambivalence of prisoners' memories. Firstly, we show that memory is represented as a source of mortifying pain that must be got rid of. Secondly, we show how memory played an important role, and constituted the vital space for resistance and survival.

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