Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te Berberism, ko te Amazighism ranei he nekehanga a-iwi Berber o te iwi, whenua, ahurea ranei, i tiimata i Kabylia (Algeria) me Morocco, i muri mai ka horapa ki era atu hapori Berber i te rohe o Maghreb o Awherika ki te Raki. Ko tētahi rōpū Berber, ko ngā Tuaregs,
i roto i te tutu ki Mali mai i te tau 2012, me te whakapumautia i tetahi kawanatanga motuhake mo te wa poto "de facto" i huaina ko Azawad, i kii ko Berber.