Cika wannan magana: Ba a san ko waye Kahina ba. Saboda haka wasu kungiyoyi sun kwace ta. Tana iya zama Berber, Gabas, gauraye Byzantine, Bayahude, Kirista ko arna. Abu daya ne kawai ya tabbata, mace ce. An karbe ta a matsayin alama ta mata, kuma an yi amfani da ita a matsayin alama ta adawa da mamayar kasashen waje, kuma daga baya a matsayin alama ta adawa da ikon maza. A zahiri, tuni a cikin lokacin
A lokacin mulkin mallaka na Faransa Kahina ta kasance abin koyi ga mata masu gwagwarmaya waɗanda suka yi yaƙi da Faransawa. A cikin tawayen Kabyle na 1851 da 1857, mata irin su Lalla Fatma N'Soumer da, waɗanda aka sani da manyan mayaƙa sun ɗauki Kahina a matsayin abin koyi.