The Chaoui people or Shawiya are a Berber ethnic group native to the Aurès region in northeastern Algeria.
Chaoui horserider
Chaoui jewelry, Museum of Man, Paris, during an exhibition Germaine Tillion.
Berbers, also known as Amazighs or Imazighen, are an ethnic group indigenous to North Africa. They are primarily connected by their use of Berber languages, which are part of the Afroasiatic language
Chaoui people
…The Chaoui people or Shawiya (Tachawit: Išawiyen / ⵉⵛⴰⵡⵉⵢⵏ, Arabic: الشاوية) are a Berber ethnic group native to the Aurès region in northeastern Algeria. They call themselves Išawiyen/Icawiyen (pronounced ) and speak the Shawiya language…
Hoggar painting, Tassili n'Ajjer
An Egyptian statuette representing a Libyan Libu Berber from the reign of Rameses II (19th Dynasty) in 1279–1213 BC. (Louvre Museum, Paris)
Ancient Libyan delegation at Persepolis.
Masinissa (c. 240 – c. 148), King of Numidia, Berber and Roman script