Reinterpreting the berber spring
From Rite of Reversal to Site of Convergence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3978769 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jane Goodman (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 60-82 |
| Publication date | 2004-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of North African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1362-9387 • E-ISSN: 1743-9345 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1362938042000325813 |
| OpenAlex | W2050043067 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
This article proposes a new interpretation of the ‘Berber Spring’ – a period of state violence in the Kabyle region of Algeria that is now commemorated throughout Amazigh communities in North Africa and the diaspora as a foundational moment in the struggle for Berber or Amazigh identity. Whereas most accounts describe the Berber Spring in terms of an ‘explosion’ and situate it within a Fanonian narrative of liberation, I argue that the events of April 1980 were made possible by the convergence of four rapidly expanding institutional networks and dissemination pathways: the Arabisation programme implemented in the Algerian public schools; a small network of cultural collectives established in Paris in the decade following independence; the modes of student governance being practiced at Algerian universities; and the international press and human rights organisations
Convergence (economics · Corporate governance · Diaspora · Economic growth · Independence (probability theory · Interpretation (philosophy · Narrative · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · Spring (device · State (computer science · African Studies and Geopolitics · Engineering · Law · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender · North African History and Literature
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2021 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |