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Some books on the Berber/Amazigh culture, history, etc. are available
through online book sellers, including Amazon.
"The Berbers" by Michael Brett and Elizabeth Fentress
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0631207678/qid=1050479530/
"The Shining Ones: An Etymological Essay on the Amazigh Roots of
Egyptian Civilization" by Helene E. Hagan
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1401024122/qid=3D1050477281/
"Imazighen: The Vanishing Traditions of Berber Women" by Margaret
Courtney-Clarke, et al
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0517597713/qid=3D1050479839/
"... Margaret Courtney-Clarke turns her sensitive eye on women whose
lives
have seldom been observed. Her photos explore the remarkable arts and
rapidly changing way of life of the Berber women of North Africa."
There are several sites that are dedicated to information on the
Amazigh.
Amazigh-Voice.com
http://www.amazigh-voice.com/
There is the UK site titled Amazigh.
http://www.amazigh.co.uk/
Amazighonline, Portal to the World of the Amazigh
http://www.amazighonline.com/
Amazigh World (Amadal Amazigh), although mostly in French, also has
articles
in English as well, such as "The Berber Tamazight Movement in Morocco
and Algeria" by Amin Kazak, Ph.D.
http://www.amazighworld.net/news/amazighmovement/amazigh_movement_in_morocco.php
They also have a Amazigh links page.
http://www.amazighworld.net/communication/links/amazigh.php
The University of Maryland has The Amazigh Voice - Taghect Tamazight
http://www.ee.umd.edu/%7Esellami/AVoice.html
They also have a bibliographical references list on Amazigh culture
compiled by Louisa Sellami in the Spring of 1992.
http://www.ee.umd.edu/~sellami/ref.html
Northern Arizona University's has an article titled "The New Mass
Media
and the Shaping of Amazigh Identity" by Amar Almasude
http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~jar/RIL_10.html
Africa's Legacy Magazine has a page that briefly covers several areas
of information on the Amazigh.
http://ngilegacy.com/amazigh.htm
The University of Iowa has a page of Berber (Amazigh) Information.
http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart/toc/people/Berber.html
University Scholars Programme, National University of Singapore has an
article titled "Women in Oral Literature: Dreams of Transgressions in
two Berber Wonder Tales" by Yasmina Sarhrouny, Mohamed V University,
Rabat, Morocco.
http://www.scholars.nus.edu.sg/landow/post/morocco/gender/sarhrouny2.html
Arabic News.com has an 2001 news article titled "Amazigh, a key
component
of Morocco's culture, cannot be used to serve political designs" from
Morocco, Politics, 10/17/2001
http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/011017/2001101733.html
Search strategy:
Berber Amazigh
://www.google.com/search?q=Berber+Amazigh
Amazigh culture religion
://www.google.com/search?q=Amazigh+culture+religion
Berber Amazigh culture religion
://www.google.com/search?q=Berber+Amazigh+culture+religion
Amazigh culture religion pre-islamic
://www.google.com/search?&q=Amazigh+culture+religion+pre-islamic
If you have need of any clarification, feel free to ask!
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