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| Use | ethnic flag |
|---|---|
| Proportion | 2:3 |
| Adopted | 1970 (by Berber Academy) 1997 (by World Amazigh Congress) |
The Berber flag or Amazigh flag is an ethnic flag used as a common symbol of related ethnic groups in North Africa. The flag was created to symbolize culture, but with the rise of Berberism it also began to be used in political contexts.[1][2]
The flag was inaugurated in Wadya, a town of Kabylia situated in Tizi Ouzou, a province of Algeria, by an elder Algerian Kabylian veteran, Youcef Medkour.[3]
- ^ Ilahiane, Hsain (2017). Historical dictionary of the Berbers (Imazighen) (2nd ed.). Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 29. ISBN 978-1-4422-8182-0. OCLC 966314885.
- ^ Fedele, Valentina (2021), "The Hirak. The Visual Performance of Diversity in Algerian Protests", Partecipazione e Conflitto, 14 (2), University of Salento: 693, doi:10.1285/i20356609v14i2p681, retrieved 2022-12-20
- ^ Yahia ARKAT (10 January 2019). "Aux origines de l'emblème amazigh" (in French). Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2019.