Lounès Matoub

Lounès Matoub (Kabyle: Maɛtub Lwennas 24 January 1956 – 25 June 1998) was a Kabyle singer, poet, and thinker who sparked an intellectual revolution, and mandole player who was an advocate of the Amazigh cause, human rights, and secularism in Algeria throughout his life. Quotes Since time immemorial songs have always been used to convey a message. There are songs and songs - those that entertain, those that enlighten. I feel I am a witness of my time. I have a responsibility because, as we say: He who knows nothing is an idiot but he who knows and says nothing is a criminal. My freedom stops where the freedom of others begins. I refuse to see Tamazight taught in a sick school.I don't want to see our language developed in a system incapable of managing values as important as freedom, respect for others, justice and democracy. External links Category:1956 births Category:1998 deaths Category:Poets from Algeria Category:Actors from Algeria Category:Singers from Algeria