We Are Imazighen - 9780813049397

We Are ImazighenThe Development of Algerian Berber Identity in Twentieth-Century Literature and Culture\nAuthor(s): Fazia Atel\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University Press of Florida, United States\nImprint: University Press of Florida\nISBN-13: 9780813049397, 978-0813049397\nSynopsis\nTo the world they are known as Berbers, but they prefer to call themselves Imazighen, or free people. The claim to this unique cultural identity has been felt most acutely in Algeria in the Kabylia region, where an Amazigh consciousness gradually emerged after WWII. This is a valuable model for other Amazigh movements in North Africa, where the existence of an Amazigh language and culture is denied or dismissed in countries such as Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya.\n\nBy tracing the cultural production of the Kabyle peopletheir songs, oral traditions, and literaturefrom the early 1930s to the end of the twentieth century, Fazia Atel shows how they have defined their own culture over time, both wi.