Igawawen
Igawawen | |
|---|---|
| Languages | |
| Kabyle, Algerian Arabic | |
| Religion | |
| Mostly Sunni Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Chaouis, Mozabites, Shilha, Tuaregs, Chenouas, Rifians |
Igawawen or Gawawa, mostly known as Zwawa (in Kabyle: Igawawen, in Arabic: زواوة, and in Latin: Jubaleni) were a group of Kabyle tribes inhabiting the Djurdjura mountains, Greater Kabylia, in Algeria. The Zouaoua are a branch of the Kutama tribe of the Baranis Berbers.
In the most restricted sense, the Igawawen were a confederation (kabyle: taqbilt, derived from arabic "قبيلة" meaning tribe) of 8 tribes split into two groups:
- Ait Betrun: Ait Yenni, At Wasif, Ait Budrar, Ait Bu Akkash.
- Ait Mengellet: Ait Mengellet proper, Ait Aqbil, Ait Attaf, Ait Bu Yusef.