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Misrepresentation of the Amazigh Lifestyle
and People.
For
many years before during and after the occupation of North Africa
by the occupiers, the lifestyle and the people of North Africa
were subject to many misrepresentations first in the Arab world
and in the Western Media .From cinema to posters, from magazines
to books , from fashion to art including music and theater.
There
were always heavy discussions in campuses throughout Europe
and America where many Berber scholars and organizers alike
had to rally and educate the public and academics alike of the
unknown facts of North African Berber life and people and explain
why and how the media and the colonizers of Africa have twisted,
changed, continue to this modern day to deny and not recognize
the wealth ,the values ,the rich elements that makes this unique
and ancient culture. Despite all this North African Berber Culture
( Also Called Tamazight) still exist to this day ( thanks to
its pioneers ) thriving among the wonders of the ancient
civilizations. If you understand the history of Carthage Circa
, Gibraltar you will come to appreciate this culture of the
North African Berber People. There is an overwhelming evidence
that the Berber culture played a significant role in shaping
the outcome of the African History during the times of theses
great dynasties .There is no doubt that the outcome of both
(Kahinas battle and Gibraltar push to the Alps ) could
have changed the course of History and Europe forever. The little
pieces of evidence can still be traced to this day ( thanks
to the Internet ) and you can see for yourselves in this sites
gallery pf pictures that we have compiled .For example : the
pieces of the Berber Jewelries used to and still carry the letters
of the Tifinagh and used to serve in passing the meanings of
the culture from one generation to another since the invaders
and the colonizers almost destroyed everything. In the remote
places of North Africa were the natives still speak and know
the only culture they have known you can still find an amazing
wealth of Art, Books, tapestries jewelries, stories etc
Of Course one can say these days that the schedules for shootings
in the Pyramids and in Machu Pichu are taking central stages
. Recently there were some excavations in Egypt done by some
western scholars with the local leaders and the findings were
astonishing .They concluded that the findings were of some unknown
tribes traveling from Africa that perished in the sand storms.
Despite the recognition of the Tifinagh writings that was so
visible, how come there are some unknown civilized tribes? Of
course anything that does not Egypt or accepted
by Egypt and their team is unknown .Again the Arabs in Egypt
have always manipulated whats right and whats wrong
and continue to this day not to recognize the non Arabic speakers
in North Africa , Calling them the French ,the Spaniard
etc...This is quite an interesting stuff since its coming
from Alexandria (a city that houses one of the biggest libraries
if not the most important one in the world )
When
one think of the numbers of Berber Queens and Kings in North
Africa that have rejected the invaders by raging wars and burning
their entire cities instead of a submission way before Cleopatra
( committed s suicide ) symbolically when she followed their
footsteps, one has to wonder if the powerful messages the screens
have repeatedly affected many generations is gonna fade away
or not. If the images of Circa , Timgad Tlemcen , Hippone and
Carthage in Tunisia and so fourth are going to be all over the
internet to bring us some hidden knowledge of the past the ,
the screens have a lot catching up to do . Its already
happening in many fields.