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Some of the ancient Berber beliefs still subtly exist today within the Berber popular culture and tradition. Until the 1960s, there was also a significant Jewish Berber minority in Morocco, [218] but emigration (mostly to Israel and France) dramatically reduced their number to only a few hundred individuals.
The English term "Berber" is derived from the Arabic word barbar, which means both "Berber" and "barbarian." [7] [21] [22] Due to this shared meaning, as well as its historical background as an exonym, the term "Berber" is commonly viewed as a pejorative by indigenous North Africans today. [8] [9] [10]
Berber Jews are the Jewish communities of the Maghreb, in North Africa, who historically spoke Berber languages. Between 1950 and 1970 most emigrated to France , Israel and the United States . [ 1 ]
The Berber flag adopted by the World Amazigh Congress in 1998 Demonstration of Kabyles in Paris, April 2016. Berberism is a Berber ethnonationalist movement, that started mainly in Kabylia and Morocco during the French colonial era with the Kabyle myth and was largely driven by colonial capitalism and France's divide and conquer policy. [1]
Germany portal; Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. M. German people of Moroccan-Berber descent (1 C)
Berber tribes are tribes of Berber descent inhabiting the Maghreb region. They are traditionally divided into three large tribal confederations: Masmuda , Zenata and Sanhaja . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They often form smaller confederations of tribes together (for example the Haha or the Ait Yafelman ).
Berber people by occupation (8 C) P. Berber peoples and tribes (15 C, 66 P) T. Tunisian Berbers (1 C, 4 P) W. Berber women (4 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Berber people"
Berber vocabulary and cultural traits remain common, despite the fact that many if not all of the Sahrawi/Moorish tribes today claim Arab ancestry; several are even claiming to be descendants of Muhammad, so-called sharifian tribes. The modern day Sahrawis are a mixed ethnic group of Arabs, West Africans & diverse Berbers.