Algerian Berbers were mostly Arabised by 1954 but remained a warlike, unruly people

Evidence

The oldest inhabitants are the Berbers of Kabylia and the Aurès who, like their kinsmen in the Moroccan Atlas, fell back into the mountains under pressure from first the Roman, then the Arab, invaders. Together they comprised (in 1954) the largest proportion of the Muslim population. But probably less than a third still retained their separate identities of language and culture, the rest being rated by ethnologists as Arabised Berbers. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 149 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

We do not here consider rural areas where the woman is often unveiled. Nor do we take into account the Kabyle woman who, except in the large cities, never uses a veil. For the tourist who rarely ventures into the mountains, the Arab woman is first of all one who wears a veil. This originality of the Kabyle woman constitutes, among others, one of the themes of colonialist propaganda bringing out the opposition between Arabs and Berbers. — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 239 (#qualifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The Arabic term barbarï referred to Nubians, not Berbers; Berber mountain peoples preserved identity while most Muslims became Arabised — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 149; Kabyle women’s non-veiling became a colonial propaganda tool to divide Arabs and Berbers — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 239

Related

• Berber mountain peoples preserved identity while most Muslims became Arabised (similarity 0.92)
• Kabyle women’s non-veiling became a colonial propaganda tool to divide Arabs and Berbers (similarity 0.89)
• Colonial divide-and-rule pitted Kabyles against Arabs in Algeria (similarity 0.82)

Broader Connections

• Berber mountain peoples preserved identity while most Muslims became Arabised #corroborates (0.80) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 149
• Kabyle women’s non-veiling became a colonial propaganda tool to divide Arabs and Berbers #qualifies (0.50) — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 239