Amazigh Politics in the Wake of the Arab Spring

225 Pages·2022·5.742 MB·English

by  Bruce Maddy-Weitzman

Amazigh Politics in the Wake of the Arab Spring

Amazigh Politics in the
Wake of the Arab Spring
Bruce Maddy- Weitzman
University of Texas Press Austin
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Names: Maddy- Weitzman, Bruce, author.
Title: Amazigh politics in the wake of the Arab Spring / Bruce Maddy- Weitzman.
Description: First edition. | Austin : University of Texas Press, 2022. | Includes
bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021024487 (print) | LCCN 2021024488 (e-b ook)
ISBN 978- 1- 4773- 2482- 0 (hardcover)
ISBN 978- 1- 4773- 2483- 7 (PDF e- book)
ISBN 978- 1- 4773- 2484- 4 (ePub e- book)
Subjects: LCSH: Berbers—Political activity—Africa, North—History—21st century. |
Arab Spring, 2010– | Berbers—Ethnic identity. | National characteristics, African. |
Berbers—Africa, North—Social conditions—History. | Africa, North—Politics and
government—History—21st century. | Africa, North—Ethnic relations—History.
Classification: LCC DT193.5.B45 M3268 2022 (print) | LCC DT193.5.B45 (e-b ook) |
DDC 960.3/312—dc23
LC record available at https:// lccn .loc .gov /2021024487
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doi:10.7560/324820
For Maya, Ilai, and Lavi.
May you help make the world a better place.

Contents
List of Maps ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
1. Toward a Second Republic? Algeria and the Amazigh Question 21
2. Obscure No Longer: Libyan Imazighen in a Fractured Polity 55
3. Azawad: The Abortive Republic 87
4. Tunisia: The Amazigh Factor Enters the Realm 105
5. Moroccan Imazighen and the Makhzen: From Recognition
to Malaise 125
Conclusion 157
Notes 163
Index 199

List of Maps
0.1 Amazigh- speaking groups 8
0.2 Tamazgha 12
1.1 Amazigh- speaking regions in Algeria 24
1.2 Mzab- Wargala Amazigh- speaking region 42
2.1 Ethnic groups in Libya 59
3.1 Azawad 88
4.1 Amazigh- speaking concentrations in Tunisia 107
5.1 Amazigh- speaking regions in Morocco 128