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Berber Spring
Part of the history of Algeria (1962–99)
Celebration of the Berber Spring in Azazga in 2016.
Date10 March – 20 April 1980
Location
Kabylia
Caused byArabization
GoalsEnd to the suppression of the Berber languages and culture
MethodsDemonstrations, general strike
Resulted inViolently repressed
Parties

Berber Spring Berbers

  • Académie Berbère d’Echanges et de Recherches Culturelles

Berber Spring Algeria

  • National Liberation Front
  • Armed Forces
Lead figures

Berber Spring Mouloud Mammeri

Berber Spring Chadli Bendjedid
Berber Spring Mohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani

Casualties
Death(s)128
InjuriesThousands

The Berber Spring (in Berber: Tafsut Imaziɣen or simply Tafsut for "Spring") was a period of political protest and civil activism in 1980, claiming recognition of the Berber identity and language in Algeria, with events mainly taking place in Kabylia and Algiers.

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