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5 000 years ago, Imazighen
5 000 years ago, Imazighen
The name of the Libyans is registred in the oldest documents of – Egyptian historie , towards 3.000 before J.C, perhaps even before this date and the Libyans, today Imazighen, have an old history of more than five thousand years
Téhénou, Lybian, Imazighen
The country of the Libyans was called Tehenou among Egyptians. This designation is a little arbitrary, we only know about the T-h-n-w consonants; because...
Tamazight and Art
Amazigh Flag
At the beginning of the Berber (Amazigh) civilisation, there is a people, then there are the words, then the pictures of animals and other means of living things, facts of early lives drawn on cave walls several thousands of years B.C Many of those rocking engravings exist on several prehistoric landmarks. throughout the North-West of Africa, the Amazigh land, Tamazgha that covers a vast and mountainous land and desert from Canaries Islands...
Amazigh Music: A Symbol of a Rich Culture
Amazigh Music: A Symbol of a Rich Culture
Amazigh culture is extraordinarily pure, diverse and rich in terms of handicraft, poetry, folklore and music. Music is considered to be not only a tool of entertainment, but also an ideal medium for the development and progress of societies. Indeed, Amazigh music becomes a fundamental element in the life of Amazigh people because they are primarily identified by it in addition to the language and identity....
Tunisia: Disappearance of Imazighen
Tunisia
The World Amazigh Congress(CMA) alerts intergovernmental organizations, NGO, friends of the amazigh people and the public opinion in general on the serious infringements with freedoms and the basic rights of the amazigh of Tunisia.In this country where the amazighophones account for approximately 10% of the total population, the amazighe identity is completely denied and police terror dissuades any attempt to live and claim it collectively.
The...
Khalid Izri, an impressive voice for the service of the Amazigh culture
Khalid Izri Band
Since his early encounter with the Amazigh music, Khalid Izri has always surprised his fans with numerous impressive songs. He has a catalogue full of successful music which he has always put at the service of the Amazigh culture and traditions. His songs have touched various aspects of his own culture. He has treated different topics like those about cultural roots, identity, emigration, conditions of women, and the contradictions...
Khalid Izri Concert in Al hoceima
Khalid Izri Concert in Al hoceima
The first day of august of this year was a special day in Al Hoceima festival for this year. With an open arm Al Hoceima, the Perl of the Mediterranean hosted our giant Rifian artist Khalid Izri. There were two other bands that participated in this concert, which are Aziz Amerdas & Fattah Band and Thwiza. Khalid izri came without his band he played the guitar, harmonic, Flute and sang some of his famous songs....
Thidrin band performing in Al Hoceima on July 28, 2005
Thidrin band
Thidrin is an Amazigh word that means wheats in English. Thidrin is one of the oldest bands in modern Amazigh music: They started in Arif with the founder Hassan Thidrin in the seventies and then moved to the Netherlands, where the band expanded to include more members as well as more instruments. Thidrin is seen to be as a world music band and their music bears influence not only from Amazigh music of North Africa, but also the folk...
The Nible Numidians
The Numedians
One of the most enduring pictures of the ancient world is the swift moving Numidian horsemen. There are literary characterizations of him trotting out against the powers of Carthage or Rome on a swift horse, armed with nothing but a small shield, and a fistful of javelins. The People From the Punic Wars to the campaigns of Trajan, the destiny of these irrepressible riders seems closely linked with Rome, and the association was often...
The origins of Amazigh spring
Amazigh Flag
Amazigh Spring, as we call it today, was originally referred to in the official press as “the events of Tizi Ouzou,” just as the French press called the war of national liberation (1954-1962) “the events of Algiers.” We have chosen this term of Spring as an analogy of the “Spring of Prague” in 1968, when the Czechoslovakians rebelled against the dictatorship of the USSR over their country, fighting...
Dehia, The Kahina
Dihya
One of the most famous of ancient legendary figures among the Amazigh is Dehia, called the Kahina (seer, priestess), a label said to have originated with the Arabs, against whom she led her army. However, the name of “Kahina” most likely derived from the ancient Jewish priestly class (KHN, found in names like Cohen, Khan, etc.). Unlike most women of medieval history, she achieved greatness through her own efforts. A self-made woman,...

