Berber Factor in North Africa: Common Features and Local Peculiarities

The article considers a place and influence of Berber-speaking communities in each of five countries of the North Africa: Algeria, Morocco, Libya, Mauritania and Tunis.After gaining the independence, demands are growing in all these states to recognize cultural, regional, and sometimes political pec...

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Main Author: Yu. Zinin
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: MGIMO University Press 2017-03-01
Series:Международная аналитика
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Online Access:https://www.interanalytics.org/jour/article/view/55
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description The article considers a place and influence of Berber-speaking communities in each of five countries of the North Africa: Algeria, Morocco, Libya, Mauritania and Tunis.After gaining the independence, demands are growing in all these states to recognize cultural, regional, and sometimes political peculiarities of Berbers.The situation in every country is different due to local conditions and background of interactions of Amazigs (self-designation of Berber) with the Arab speaking majority, as well as their participation in political processes.The author investigates and discuss the impact of the Arab Spring on the rise of self-consciousness, solidarity and consolidation of Amazig minority. It is Berber, often European educated elite which usually expresses and propagates such conceptions and trends.
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Berber Factor in North Africa: Common Features and Local Peculiarities
Международная аналитика
north africa
algeria
morocco
libya
mauritania
tunis
berbers
arabs
identification
kabil
title Berber Factor in North Africa: Common Features and Local Peculiarities
title_full Berber Factor in North Africa: Common Features and Local Peculiarities
title_fullStr Berber Factor in North Africa: Common Features and Local Peculiarities
title_full_unstemmed Berber Factor in North Africa: Common Features and Local Peculiarities
title_short Berber Factor in North Africa: Common Features and Local Peculiarities
title_sort berber factor in north africa common features and local peculiarities
topic north africa
algeria
morocco
libya
mauritania
tunis
berbers
arabs
identification
kabil
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