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North Africa

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

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North Africa

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  1. North Africa People and Dances

  2. North Africa and Mediterranean

  3. El Maghrib (The Islamic West)

  4. 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

  5. Berbers Ancient origins Not Arabic speakers Culturally distinct from Arab world but must fit in with it Both nomads and farmers

  6. 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

  7. Morocco’s Atlas Mountains

  8. Sahara Desert

  9. Morocco’s Coast

  10. Urban produce markets

  11. or not ... Orientalizing ...

  12. Presentation of women as exotic others in Western travel images Malik Alloula, The Colonial Harem

  13. 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

  14. La Danse du Ventre

  15. Ouled Nail Dancers

  16. Depiction of Ouled Nail in Art Tribal site

  17. Etienne Dinet

  18. More Dinet

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