The Contested Legend of al-Kâhina: Prophetess or Propaganda?

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" The Contested Legend of al-Kâhina: Prophetess or Propaganda? "
Keuter, Jessica Leigh Lydon, Ghislaine E.

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1051645
Doc. No	:	TL50762
Main Entry	:	Keuter, Jessica Leigh
Title & Author	:	The Contested Legend of al-Kâhina: Prophetess or Propaganda?\ Keuter, Jessica LeighLydon, Ghislaine E.
College	:	University of California, Los Angeles
Date	:	2019
Degree	:	M.A.
student score	:	2019
Note	:	54 p.
Abstract	:	With depictions ranging from anti-Muslim resistance warrior of the seventh century to mythical priestess, al-Kâhina looms large in the historical narratives of North African Amazigh, Jewish, and Arab peoples. Despite her legendary status, al-Kâhina’s existence as a historical female figure who reigned over the Amazigh is disputed. In this paper, I highlight the long history of colonial occupation and continual resistance organizing by the Amazigh prior to al-Kâhina’s battles with the Arab invaders at the end of the seventh century. Through analysis of secondary sources, I examine how both Arab and French occupations appropriated the legend to promote their agendas. I argue that al-Kâhina’s story has been used to enforce or combat different political agendas, both historically and today. In the region today, al-Kâhina has been iconized and used as the “face” of Amazigh nationalist and cultural movements.
Descriptor	:	African Studies
	:	History
Added Entry	:	Lydon, Ghislaine E.
Added Entry	:	University of California, Los Angeles