The Amazigh of North Africa
The Amazigh of North Africa are the original inhabitants of the land. They are often called the Berbers. Amazigh means ‘free men’. Many were once Christian. St.Augustine of Hippo was Amazigh.
Pray that Augustine’s prayer would be prayed by many Amazigh: “Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in Thee.” (Psalm 62:5 “Yes, my soul, find rest in God”)
Population: 25-36 million
Location and Background: Amazigh are found throughout North Africa with large populations in the mountain and rural areas of Morocco and Algeria. There are also 2 million residing in France. Amazigh are the indigenous people of North Africa, dating back thousands of years.
Culture: The Amazigh are traditionally farmers and herders, nomads and traders. They make the famous Berber carpets. The nomadic Tuaregs of the Sahara Desert are Amazigh.
Religion: Islam, with traces of former religious practices.
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Ramadan division
Amazigh: Through Ramadan, the new believers are deliberately daily gathering to listen to Scripture and teaching and to pray. They send on the teaching each to their own disciples and groups of homes. Two groups of homes have women who have believed, but in the city, none of the brothers’ wives have yet turned to Jesus, nor have the sisters’ husbands. Pray for humility, that those who feel self righteous and justified through the requirements of Islam would recognize their need for rescue. May they humbly repent. May the new sisters in the country be faithfully discipled by their husbands.
