As a child, Mohammed Ait Amghar, a shopkeeper from the Azilal region in Morocco, could only speak his native language, Amazigh. In 1982, when he was 8 years old, he felt unwell in class, his teacher ...

From the U.S., Libya may seem like a homogenous place, the setting for a distant war. But Libya’s scant six million people are surprisingly culturally diverse, and Libya’s indigenous inhabitants, ...

Berbers in North Africa are heralding in the Amazigh New Year, with festivities showcasing traditional food, music and dance planned throughout the region. Friday marks the first day of the year 2968 ...

The original inhabitants of North Africa, Amazigh (also called Berbers) may have finally won the freedom to observe their culture -- if they can convince the Arab majority to go along Graffiti reading ...

These three pillars in original Amazigh culture, that if not accepted by the wider Moroccan community or original Moroccan Arabs, would have resulted in a very different Moroccan culture. In short, ...

Rabat, Morocco — Ever since a post-constitutional amendment recognised Tamazight as an official language, "all actors are now required to pay attention to the promotion of this culture," Chems Bladi ...

On January 12, a group of cars and vans filled with rowdy, flag-waving Amazigh activists, left Algiers and began a three-day tour of seven provinces of Algeria, under the slogan of “Yennayer, Feast of ...

Algeria has imprisoned a prominent historian after he claimed that the Amazigh identity was a "French-Zionist" construct on Emirati TV. Mohamed Amine Belghit was remanded in custody after making the ...

Finally free from Qaddafi's rule, Libyan Amazighs (also called Berbers) want to rebuild an ancient identity that was almost driven to extinction Berber protesters gather at the Prime Minister's office ...

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