>>90019
Half berbere from morocco here
>tl;dr History
north africa (morocco-algeria-tunisia-muritannia…) used to be berbere land,berberic is a language, than an arab muslim tribe came here and persuaded berbers to become muslims
>fringe
yes some berberes do so occult stuff, I'm not well informed regarding /fringe/ stuff but I will try to describe a pracrice they are famous for :
first I have to explain what zouhri in moroccan culture means :
a person with some specific traits, whom is bellieven to be lucky, (Something about the lines in one's hands and sometimes people can tell by his eyes or by his arm's veines)
Zouhri people in morocco try to hide it in fear for their lives.
Some Berbers kidnap those people, or lure them using magic, then they use them to find treasures.
I have heard numerous account of such occurence, if you want I can tell you in detail.
Also, sometimes in morocco two people wearing traditional clothing come to you, on of them keeps asking you about something (just a pretext to talk with you) while the other remains completely silent (they say he would be reciting distorted verses of the Quran or some spell ir whatever), if you try to help them, you'll end up giving them all your money
Of course only few Berbers practice such things, some regions are famous for these practices
Sorry for text being too long and bad English, hope you can make a meaning out of these practices