Berberism

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Berberism, also known as Amazighism, is a Berber political movement that advocates for the recognition Berber (Amazigh) identity, languages, and rights in North Africa. It emerged in Algeria and Morocco in the face of state-led Arabization, pan-Arabism, and discrimination against Berber communities. While mainly focused on cultural and linguistic rights, some Berberist movements such as the MAK in Algeria, particularly among the diaspora, also advocate for separatism. Opposition to the Berber national movement has sometimes drawn on anti-Berber rhetoric, stemming from Arab supremacy, including tropes that the Berber identity was a French colonial invention. Scholars have also noted racialized tropes portraying Berbers as "sons of the White Fathers."

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