Amazigh

Amazigh (plural: Imazighen) is the self-designation of the indigenous Berber peoples of North Africa, a continuous cultural and linguistic presence across Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and into the Saharan regions of Mali, Niger, and Mauritania. The name translates approximately as "free person" or "noble person" in Tamazight.

Amazigh culture was largely oral and material, transmitted through weaving, jewellery, tattoo, music, and oral poetry rather than written text. The visual traditions preserved in Amazigh textiles are therefore not decorative supplements to a literary culture but primary carriers of cultural knowledge and identity.

Tamazight is one of the official languages of Morocco, alongside Arabic. Amazigh culture spans Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and the Saharan regions to the south.