Tunis, Sep 18, 2018
After Algerian authorities refused to host it, The Amazigh World Congress committee end up deciding to hold its eighth conference in Tunis from 26 to 28 October 2018, which will coincide with the 23th anniversary of it’s establishment on the summer of 1995 as a non-governmental organization which seeks to represent the Amazigh people and defend their rights.
The idea of an Amazigh World Congress was born in the Summer of 1994, in Douarnenez (Brittany, France), when Imazighen from all over the world met unexpectedly during the International Festival of Cinema of Douarnenez, dedicated to the Amazigh people. Artists, researchers, and experts on the Amazigh world, human rights activists, as well as militants of the Amazigh movement gathered in a very serene and collaborative atmosphere and discussed the problems faced by the Amazigh culture. During these meetings the first steps for this historical meeting were taken. In October 1994 and officially on March 22nd, 1995, was created the CFPCMA (Committee in France for the Preparation of the Amazigh World Congress), which set the wheel in motion and organized the Amazigh pre-congress.
