Many experts believe they are descended from the original Middle Stone Age expansion of anatomically modern humans.

Listen to The Berbers Of North Africa, the third programme in the BBC landmark radio series The Story of Africa, presented by Hugh Quarshie ...

BJAA: In a village nestled in the mountains of north-eastern Algeria, locals and visitors gathered under a cold winter sky to celebrate Tamechrit, a centuries-old Berber tradition rooted in sharing.

Algiers Province, Algeria - January 12, 2025 The ‘Imazighen’, an indigenous population of North Africa, are celebrating the Berber New Year between 12 and 14 January, a marked ancestral date ...

The skills may have crossed the Sahara desert with the Berber nomads who dominated much of the North African plains. It has also been suggested that iron smelting may have started in Africa itself ...