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Historical dictionary of the Berbers

By Hsain Ilahiane

Book information

Publisher
Inc, Scarecrow Press
Year
2006
ISBN
0-8108-5452-X, 978-0-8108-5452-9
LCC
DT193.5.B45 I447 2006
Open Library ID
OL22734830M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2135139 bytes)
Series
Historical dictionaries of peoples and cultures 5
Pages
359\359
Topic
History
Library
torrents.ru tech collections 2009-11-14
Time added
2010-01-11 02:35:34

Description

The Berbers are the remnants of the original inhabitants of North Africa, presently living in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya, where they account for much of the population, and Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Mali, and Niger, where they are smaller minorities, with a notable diaspora in France. That much is known, but not much more, not even roughly how many of them there are, while their origins are still shrouded in mystery. This is not surprising, after surviving Punic, Roman, Byzantine, Vandal, Arab, Ottoman, French, Italian, and Spanish invasions and settlement and not really being tolerated by the governments of the modern states. They contributed heavily to the spread of Islam and are Muslims, but that, as well as pressures from a long succession of conquerors, has dampened their identity and constricted those using the language. Yet the Imazighen (or free men) are still there and still cling to the hopes of greater acceptance and representation.

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