Volume 4, 2026 – Issue 3
From Colonial Education to Decolonial Self-Representation: Tayeb Saddiki’s Theatrical Journey
Abdeladim Hinda 
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FPL, Abdelmalek Essaâdi University, Morocco
* Corresponding author: a.hinda@uae.ac.ma
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23585058
Abstract
This article explores the conditions leading to the transplantation of French-made theatre in Morocco and the ways in which Moroccan theatre practitioners in general and Tayeb Saddiki in particular broke free, but not quite so, from the yoke of the ‘molierisation’ of theatre to making a theatre attuned to and reflective of the local performance culture, from imitation to initiation. This is nowhere better illustrated than in the evolution of Tayeb Saddiki, a dramatist and dramaturge who consciously caught the spirit of his age. In retracing Saddiki’s theatrical journey from being a bright student of French practices to becoming a fully-fledged theatre-maker, I will gain insight into the itinerary modern Moroccan theatre took, a direction largely shaped by the directorial choices Saddiki made along the way. In so doing, I contend that Saddiki made an invaluable contribution to bridging the colonial theatre with the de-colonial theatre, setting the stage for the emergence of a re-imagined Moroccan national theatre.
Keywords: conditions, transplantation, French-made, theatre, Morocco, local performance culture, Tayeb Saddiki, modern theatre
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2026/10/31
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Hinda, A. (2026). From colonial education to decolonial self-representation: Tayeb Saddiki’s theatrical journey. The International Journal of Technology, Innovation, and Education, 4(3), 284–306. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23585058
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Hinda, Abdeladim. 2026. “From Colonial Education to Decolonial Self-Representation: Tayeb Saddiki’s Theatrical Journey.” The International Journal of Technology, Innovation, and Education 4 (3): 284–306. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23585058.
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Hinda, Abdeladim. “From Colonial Education to Decolonial Self-Representation: Tayeb Saddiki’s Theatrical Journey.” The International Journal of Technology, Innovation, and Education, vol. 4, no. 3, Oct. 2026, pp. 284–306, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23585058.
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Hinda, A. (2026) “From colonial education to decolonial self-representation: Tayeb Saddiki’s theatrical journey,” The International Journal of Technology, Innovation, and Education, 4(3), pp. 284–306. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23585058.
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About the authors
- Abdeladim Hinda is an associate professor of English at FPL, Abdelmalek Essaâdi University, Larache, Morocco.
a.hinda@uae.ac.ma ↩︎
