"More generally, Amazigh memory workers, regardless of their country of origin, specific national/territorial priorities, degree of militancy or concern with the standards of historical accuracy, are like-minded in their emphasis on the Berbers as having a pre-Islamic past, and one in which they were active agents and not merely voiceless, nameless foot soldiers and illiterate tribesmen and peasants.  Illustrated books for children tell the stories of ancient Amazigh heroes, such as Juba, Massinissa and the Berber queen Dhiya/the Kahina.