The Berbers are descendants of pre-Arab North African populations, whose homelands stretch from the extreme west of Egypt to Morocco. Kabylie had been preparing to celebrate the 21st anniversary of the April 1980 uprising, known as the "Berber Spring", demanding recognition of the community's culture and language. In 2011, the year of the Arab Spring uprisings in several countries in the Middle East and North Africa, Algeria registered more than 10,000 protests, Sadi said. When the "Black Spring" broke out in 2001, Sadi's RCD was a member of the governing coalition. - Berber identity -In Algeria, the Berbers mainly live in Kabylie, a restive mountainous region to the east of the capital Algiers.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 18, 2021 05:37 UTC