Many French banlieue residents trace their ancestry to indigenous Amazigh nations

Evidence

The Amazigh people, popularly referred to as Berbers, are a culturally heterogeneous people indigenous to northern Africa. Many French people, particularly in the banlieues, trace their origin to Amazigh nations in Africa and identify as Amazigh. — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 1591

Categorization

• DEFINE: Clarifies that the people called ‘Berbers’ identify as Amazigh, and that French banlieue populations carry this indigenous north-African heritage.