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Berber Spring
Part of the history of Algeria (1962–99)
Celebration of the Berber Spring in Azazga in 2016.
Date
10 March – 20 April 1980
Location
Kabylia
Caused by
Arabization
Goals
End to the suppression of the Berber languages and culture
Methods
Demonstrations, general strike
Resulted in
Violently repressed
Parties
Berbers
Académie Berbère d’Echanges et de Recherches Culturelles
Algeria
National Liberation Front
Armed Forces
Lead figures
Mouloud Mammeri
Chadli Bendjedid Mohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani
Casualties
Death(s)
128
Injuries
Thousands
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Berber separatism in North Africa
Tuareg rebellions
1962–64
1990–95
2007–09
2012
Kabylie Conflict
FFS rebellion (1963–64)
Berber Spring (1980)
Black Spring (2001)
Rif Conflict
Rif War (1921–26)
1958 Rif riots (1958–59)
Hirak Rif Movement (2016–17)
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