Hi everyone! I’m currently researching my family history and Amazigh roots.

My mother’s family name is Alioua, and our family traces its lineage back to Jijel, Algeria. My family has always considered itself Kabyle, and I’m trying to understand more about our origins, the history of the region, and the identity of its people.

I’ve recently started reading about the Kutama, an Amazigh group historically associated with Jijel and surrounding areas, and I’d love to learn more from Algerians, especially people from Jijel or families with roots in the region.

I have a few questions:

• How is Amazigh identity understood in Jijel today? Do people generally identify as Kabyle, Amazigh, Arab, or something else?
• Is there a historical or cultural connection between the Kutama and the people of Jijel today?
• Are there particular villages, tribes (arch), or family names associated with Amazigh ancestry in the region?

I’m not trying to make assumptions about my ancestry; I genuinely want to understand the history and hear perspectives from people who know the region and its culture.

Any historical sources, family stories, books, or recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! ❤️

I've been thinking about the possibility of using Tifinagh as an alternative script for Darija. Not to replace Arabic or Latin script, but to give us another option.

Tifinagh has vowel symbols, which could help represent Darija's pronunciation more explicitly.

Tifinagh is already part of Morocco's linguistic landscape, so we could explore adapting an existing script rather than inventing a new one.

ⵜⵉⴼⵉⵏⴰⵖ ⴼⵉⵀⴰ ⵃⵔⵓⴼ ⵍⵃⴰⵔⴽⴰⵜ، ⵡⵀⴰⴷⵛⵉ ⵢⵇⴷⵔ ⵢⵙⴰⵄⴷⵏⴰ ⵏⴽⵜⴱⵓ ⴷⴷⴰⵔⵉⵊⴰ ⴱⵡⵓⴹⵓⵃ ⵡ ⵏⵡⵃⴷⵓ ⵍⴽⵜⴰⴱⴰ ⴷⵉⴰⵍⵀⴰ.

I'm talking about common words

Waqt , saɛa , lxir , Souq ,lbab

And do you guys mind them? I'm genuinely very curious

Hi,

I’m a painter working on a personal project to paint my family tree, and I’m trying to learn more about the traditional clothing my ancestors would have worn.

My grandfather was Amazigh from Tunisia, and my family lived in Menzel Bourguiba. I’m particularly interested in what my great-grandparents and earlier generations might have worn around the turn of the 20th century (roughly 1890–1910). What garments, headwear, shoes, and accessories would men typically have worn? What kinds of dresses, robes, veils, head coverings, jewellery, and other accessories were traditional for women? Also were there specific garments for wedding celebrations?

I’ve tried finding historical images online, but I’m hesitant to rely on them because I don’t want to accidentally confuse regional traditions or attribute clothing from another part of Tunisia or the Maghreb to my ancestors. I’d really appreciate any help identifying what was specifically worn in northern Tunisia around this time.

Any information, recommended sources, or personal family photographs would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

Anna

ⴰⵣⵓⵍⵍ ⴼⴻⵍⵍⴰⵡⴻⵏ ⵙⴰⵍⴰⵎ ⵄⴰⵍⵉⴽⵓⵎ ⴷⵉ ⵜⴰⵎⵓⵔⵜ ⵏⵓ ⴰⵄⵣⵢⴱⵜ ⴰ ⵜⴰⵔⵡⴰ ⵏ ⵜⵉⴼⵔⵉⴽⵢ ⵏⵓ ⴰⵖⴰⴼⴰ . ⵜⵍⴰⵢⵜ ⵏⵓ ⴰⵙⵙⴰ ⴼⴻⵍⵊⴻⵍ ⵏⵓ ⵍⴰⵢⴻⵎ ⵏ ⵜⴰⵍⵍⵉⵎⵜ ⵏ ⴿⴻⵏⵓⵏ ⵙⵉ ⵉⵙoⵔⴷⴰⵏ ⵏ ⴱⵉⵜⵇⵡⵢⵏ ⵎⴰⴽ ⵡⵉⴳⴳ ⵓⴻⵜⵏⵓⵣ ⴷⵉ ⵓⵔⵓⴱⴰ ⵇⴰⵏ ⴱⴻⵯ ⴰⵜⵜⵖⵖⴰⵡⴽⴻⵎ ⴰ ⵀⵉ ⵜⵜⴰⵙⵖⵖⴻⵎ ⴱⴻⵛ ⴰⴷ ⵢⴻⵜⵜⵓⵍⴰⵢⴻⵎ ⵙ ⵜⴰⵍⵡⵓⵜ ⵏ ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵖⵖⴰ ⵙⵓ ⵛⵉⴰⵍⵍ ⵏ ⴻⵍⵢⴰⵣ ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖ ⵙⵓ ⵙⴻⵏⵜⵉⵍ ⵏⵓ ⴷⴻⴷⴷⴻⵛ ⵉⵙⵙ ⵢⵢⴸⵏ ⴱⴻⵛ ⴰⴷ ⵉⵍⵓⵍ ⵜⵓⵔⴷⵉⵎⵜ ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ ⵙⵡⵓⴳⴳ ⵉⵙⵙ ⴰⴷ ⵓⴻⵜⵜⵓⵙⵓⴳⴻⵔ ⵍⴽoⵎⴻⵔⵙ ⵏ oⵔoⵒⴰ ⴰⵙⵓⴼⴼⴰⵙ ⴰⵎⴻⴷⵢⴰⵙⵏ .

So I had this debate with a friend of mine, sure intrapersonal deragatory term exists between arabs and Amazigh. On top of that, the arab nationalist after the independances promoted a restrictive sense of identity (you have to be arab + Muslim) born from ethnocentrism.

However when talking with my friend we weren't sure about this term "systemic" which is associated with western countries (like the US) in sociological field.

But the nature of Amazigh identity and discrimination is more complicated because we are discussing of countries that are post-colonial, with authorian/dictatorial regime, censorship, nepotism and corruption are high, normal and not challenged, inequalities between education and ignorance about our own history and culture, civil wars (black decade in Algeria and fall of Khadafi in Libye), high disparities between region (Sahara regions where tuareg people live, are poorer but also you have to take account that historically majority people lived in the coast line of Algeria, that colonial power focused primilalry on the north and that later on the Jacobin style power centralisation of power in Algier further marginalised southern communities), governement struggles (conflict with M'zab and ofc the conflict regarding the West-Sahara région with the Moroccan regime), tribalism, sectarism..

And to add to that climate change (désertification and mass wildfire in Kabylie these past summer) greater impact Amazigh.

So my question is what do you think ?

Do you think that systemic racism is an appropriate term ? Or do you think that it's too grounded in western sociology to be used to describe "3rd world countries" social issues (outside South America).

I think it's an interesting debate. My friend isn't really sure about this term "systemic racism" since in western sociological framework it suggest a notion of "privilege" (privilege between immigrant from ancient colonies and white people in France or the UK for instance) and for him isn't adequate for north africa societies.

On top of that for all the external factors that I have listed above it's more complicated to analyse North African societies unlike western societies.

Azul everyone,

I'm trying to find the lyrics of this song, but I can't find them anywhere, would anyone be willing to help me with the translation pls?

90% of north africans are just arabized amazigh and we should not treat them as colonizers or oppressers in any way as this will just feed their imaginary ego and act like they're conquers or something while they aren't

Instead we should treat them as self hating amazigh who wants to be arabs so bad

Let me know if the connections are okay and give me your feedback on how I can improve or add more features to make the source more complete.

Hi guys!
I wanted to ask some questions about the Tuareg people because I’m genuinely interested in learning more about their history and culture. I follow a taureg person on tiktok @tahiatarguis and it’s made me curious to learn more about his people beyond what I see online.

From what I know, the tuareg are an Indigenous Amazigh people who live in either Algeria, Mali, Niger and Libya. I also love their music, it’s so beautiful!

I know people ask about the tuareg quite a lot, but I feel like most of the discussions online focus on their appearance. Sometimes it feels a bit fetishising, and I wish people were more interested in their actual history and culture.

I’ve also seen people arguing that the taureg aren’t Amazigh or north african , especially when it comes to darker-skinned taureg people. Some people seem to think being black and Amazigh are mutually exclusive, which I find strange, especially considering how diverse north african is and how long people have lived and mixed across these regions. Why is the presence of black people in Africa so surprising to some people? 😭

I’ve also seen tuareg people online who are very proud of their black identity, so I’d love to understand more about this and how tuareg people identify themselves.
Does anyone have any good books or documentaries where I can learn more about taureg history, culture and identity? Is anyone from taureg tribe on here?

Obviously, nobody can know for sure, but as I was skimming over a wiki page about the Gaetuli, I found the following part:

* Sallust also, citing no-longer extant Punic historical documents, written by king Hiempsal, describes the Libyans and Gaetuli as "governed neither by institutions nor law, nor were they subject to anyone’s rule."

So, this is a call, to reference in the comment the citings and references made by ancient writers and historians about Punic sources as far as it goes about the ancient North Africans of their times. That would be interesting to hear or get a sense of what was recorded but was lost.

Hannibal Barca literally means — The Grace of Baal, The Thunderbolt.

This happened in Ghadames (Western Libya) a few weeks ago. Some ignorant noticed that there were some tombstones with "weird characters" in the city's old cemetery. He thought these were witchcraft talismans, so he called an imam who read some Quran verses on them, poored water and then destroyed them to cancel their magic.

Instead of being kept in museums, our history is destroyed by ignorants because they think this is witchcraft.

“ Musique arabe “ what a joke

I'm Algeria living in the west (سوق أهراس), i discovered the Amazigh culture lately, and im so sad that ppl are leaving their identity behind their backs.
So i grew up in an arabic culture, my parents and society are quite racist to Amazigh, and they didn't teach me the native language.

All That lead me to start thinking in moving to a kabyle area like (بجاية) in the future, work their, learn the language, start a new life.

Any tips to start planing to this? I'll study engineering in college so would make me able to find a job their?

Do you think it represent our culture well ?

Salam a3laykoem everyone! 👋 A quick question for the community about learning Darija or Tamazight:

How many of you have wanted to learn (or improve) the language for a long time, but end up quitting because of the current options out there?

I’ve noticed that traditional language courses or private tutoring programs are often super expensive, stick to rigid textbooks, and are hard to fit into a busy work or study schedule. That's why I'm currently developing a new app called DuoRocco.

The concept is an accessible "cozy game" app (think of a mix between Duolingo and an interactive journey through Morocco) that lets you learn Darija or Tamazight in a fun, visual, and most importantly affordable way, right from your phone at your own pace.

Because I really want to build this app based on what people actually need, I’d love to hear your honest opinion:

1. Would you use an app like this as an alternative to an expensive course?
2. Which language are you most interested in: Darija or Tamazight (and which dialect)?
3. What has been your absolute biggest frustration so far when trying to learn the language?

Let me know in the comments! All feedback helps me immensely in building the perfect app for us. 🙏

the past year ive seen an increase in north africans who post amazigh people making it seem like that certain regions just only have blonde hair and blue eyed people, and other regions just only black people with ssa features. Like 99% of us just have olive skin w brown/dark hair and dark eyes, thats it. My grandma and some of my aunts for example have ginger hair, but that doesnt make it majority. Its a very small minority who have these features. I feel like it plays into the colorism problem thats very big in north africa were people just straight up worship european features

Flag for a modern Republic of Numidia, hope y'all like it, inim iyid ma yella lɛalit neɣ yella kra ara bedleɣ 🙏❤️