From the Rif War to the rebellion of 1958, the Berbers (Imazighen) have played a central role in the history of Moroccan resistance to colonialism in the twentieth century.
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This book provides an in-depth overview of Amazigh resistance to the French campaigns of ‘Pacification’, and the subsequent struggle over Berber identity in the independence era.
Deeply steeped in Berber history and culture, the author traces the major and minor engagements between French forces and the Berbers in revealing detail, using previously unavailable sources. Relying on a wealth of oral sources and extensive field work, it provides the most complete history to date of one of the most important Berber communities in North Africa.
Michael Peyron is a French professor who devoted all of his scholarly life to the study of Amazigh history of the 20th century in particular. As a fluent speaker of Middle Atlas Berber he was able to collect Berber language materials (poetry, accounts of historical events) by which his book has acquired a definitely Amazigh aka Berber perspective. Michael Peyron is the best scholar to guide the reader through the various stages of the Moroccan Berbers’ complex history.
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The book is to be released on October 29, 2020, however you can still pre-order the e-book here.
