Matriarchal Tribe.
Brahim Boussaid
The Amazigh tribe arranged by blood relationship which is referred as [ Ikhsan] meaning bones, The tribe is ruled by a tribal council called [ Imzoura] meaning the first people in the tribe ( mostly men). After this council, the tribal leader or Amghar plays a pivotal role within the village. This patriarchal inequality is recent within the Amazigh Tribe.
Based on linguistics data and historical facts, Amazigh people were matriarchal society. Modern Berbers use the following words:
The following data shows that the blood relationship within Amazigh Tribe during old time was matriarchal system since the Berbers link their brothers and sisters to their mothers. Another strong element is the use of “tamghart” to mean a woman while this word semantically share stem with other words like: Amaghar = Tribal Leader, Timughra = leadership or state of having high status. The root will be [MغR] meaning having high rank.
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