Each year on August 30th The Amazigh people around the world celebrates the Amazigh Flag Day, the symbol of Amazigh identity, and the common sight at Amazigh rallies, demonstrations, as well as at various Amazigh celebrations such as ‘yennayer’ the Amazigh new year.
Naturally, the colors represent different things: blue for the water of the Mediterranean sea, green for land, and yellow for the sand of the grand Sahara: the Tuareg realm. In the center is the Tifinagh 17 letter “yaz”, a symbol of the “free man.” It is colored in red, to represent the Amazigh blood spilled as a result of resistance against the colonialism and later against the oppression imposed by North African pan-Arab regimes after the so called independence.
The Amazigh flag was neither imposed nor inherited from colonialism, in fact it was purely adopted spontaneously by the Amazigh people all over the world, to challenge many colonial boundaries created to separate the Amazigh people in their land of North Africa known as Tamazgha land.
The flag was originally created by the Berber Academy (Agraw Imazighen) in the 70s, the flag was adopted later in 1998 as the official flag of the Amazigh ‘Berber’ people by the Amazigh World Congress (CMA, Agraw Amadlan Amazigh) during its congressional meeting in Canary Island.
The Amazigh flag has always been the symbol of our noble cause and fight for existence as well as a prominent icon of our unity and source of pride and inspiration for millions of Amazigh People around the world.
happy Amazigh flag day everyone!
