Feature: What was North Africa Before it was Arab?

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Presenter: Dounia Kchiere

Delivered: NYC on October 29, 2017

In this afikra feature, Dounia Kchiere dives into the history of the Berber people - the original inhabitants of North-Africa - and walks the audience through the major events that shape their history before the arrival of Arabs and Muslims.

Sources & Future References

• The History of the Maghrib | Princeton University Press

• Les Berbères et leur histoire en quelques pages: Une civilisation censurée - Rivrain, Michel - Amazon.fr

• Histoire des Berberes (Ibn Khaldoun)

• Document L’histoire des Berbères

• Berbers - World History Encyclopedia

• Berbers and the Nation-State in North Africa | Oxford Research Encyclopedia of African History

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