Berber Americans, American Berbers or Amazigh Americans, are
Americans of
Berber (or Amazigh) descent. Although a part of the population of the
Maghreb (in the North Africa) is of Berber descent, only 1,327 people declared Berber ancestry in the
2000 US census. People of Berber origin in United States have created several associations with goal of maintaining and strengthening their language and culture, such as the
Amazigh Cultural Association in America (ACAA),[1] The United Amazigh Algerian (UAAA),[2] The Amazigh American Association of
Washington, D.C., and the Boston Amazigh Community.
Notable people
Zehlia Babaci-Wilhite, Algerian-descent researcher and linguistics scholar, University of California, Berkeley[3][4][5]
Elias Zerhouni, Algerian-born radiologist and medical researcher
Helene Hagan, American anthropologist and Amazigh activist