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North Africa. People and Dances. North Africa and Mediterranean. El Maghrib (The Islamic West). Ancient History . Settlement by Phoenicians from the 10 th century BCE : Carthage (Gades in Spain) Greek presence from 6 th century BCE; intermarriage with local “Libyans” but distinct culture - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
North Africa
People and Dances
North Africa and
Mediterranean
El Maghrib (The Islamic West)
Ancient History
•Settlement by Phoenicians from the 10th century BCE : Carthage (Gades in Spain)•Greek presence from 6th century BCE; intermarriage with local “Libyans” but distinct culture•Roman domination from 2nd century BCE onward •Invasion by Visigoths and other late Roman presences in 5th century BCE•Longstanding distinct Jewish presence•Islamicized in 7th century BCE•Berber population only nominally Islamic
Berbers
Ancient origins
Not Arabic speakers
Culturally distinct from Arab world but must fit in with it
Both nomads and farmers
Focus on:
Morocco
Algeria
Tunisia
Libya
French influence
French colonial domination in 19th and early 20th centuries
Sahara desert and desert nomads: Tuareg and Berber
Kabyle peoples – from the mountains
Morocco’s Atlas Mountains
Sahara Desert
Urban produce markets
Orientalizing ...
or not ...
Presentation of women as exotic others in Western travel images
Malik Alloula, The Colonial Harem
Many images showed women minus key elements of their clothing, and had a frankly sexual quality
Eastern women as “owned” by the Western, male gaze
La Danse du Ventre
Ouled Nail Dancers
Etienne Dinet
More Dinet