
Massinissa Guermah
'Massinissa Guermah' of northern
Algeria was a young
Kabyle (
Berber) killed by
gendarmes in 2001. The violence was sparked by an Algerian national campaign to impose Arabic language on its people in place of indigenous languages including Kabyle.
His killing caused riots in
Kabylie, these events were called the
Black spring .
See also
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Black spring (kabylie)
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Berberism