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Tuareg
Tuareg or Touareg , Berbers of the Sahara, numbering c.2 million. They have preserved their ancient alphabet, which is related to that used by ancient Libyans. The Tuaregs traditionally maintained a feudal system consisting of a small number of noble families, a large majority of vassals, and ... Read more
Charles Foucauld, vicomte de
Charles Foucauld, vicomte de , 1858-1916, French priest and missionary in the Sahara. After a career as an army officer and an explorer in Algeria and Morocco, he entered a Trappist monastery in 1890. In 1901 he was ordained and volunteered to go to the Sahara under the patronage of the White Father... Read more
Hamites
Hamites African people of caucasoid descent who occupy the Horn of Africa (chiefly Somalia and Ethiopia), the western Sahara, and parts of Algeria and Tunisia. They are believed to be the original settlers of N Africa. The Hamitic cradleland is generally agreed to be in Asia—perhaps S Arabia ... Read more
Timbuktu
Timbuktu , city (1987 pop. 31,925), central Mali, near the Niger River. Connected with the Niger by a series of canals, Timbuktu is served by the small river port of Kabara. Its salt trade and handicraft industries make it an important meeting place for the nomadic people of the Sahara. Timbuktu was... Read more
Berbers
Berbers aboriginal Caucasoid peoples of N Africa, called Imazighen in the Tamazight language. They inhabit the lands lying between the Sahara and the Mediterranean Sea and between Egypt and the Atlantic Ocean. The Berbers form a substantial part of the populations of Libya, Algeria, and Morocco. Ex... Read more
Niger
Niger , officially Republic of Niger, republic (2005 est. pop. 11,666,000), 489,189 sq mi (1,267,000 sq km), W Africa. It borders on Burkina Faso and Mali in the west, on Algeria and Libya in the north, on Chad in the east, and on Nigeria and Benin in the south. Niamey is the country's capital and... Read more
Mali
Mali , officially Republic of Mali, independent republic (2005 est. pop. 12,292,000), 478,764 sq mi (1,240,000 sq km), the largest country in W Africa. Mali is bordered on the north by Algeria, on the east and southeast by Niger, on the south by Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire, and on the west ... Read more
Sahara
Sahara [Arab.,=desert], world's largest desert, c.3,500,000 sq mi (9,065,000 sq km), N Africa; the western part of a great arid zone that continues into SW Asia. Extending more than 3,000 mi (4,830 km), from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, the Sahara is bounded on the N by the Atlas Mts., steppe... Read more
Chad
Chad , officially Republic of Chad, republic (2005 est. pop. 9,826,000), 495,752 sq mi (1,284,000 sq km), N central Africa. Chad is bordered by the Central African Republic on the south, Sudan on the east, Libya on the north, and Cameroon, Niger, and Nigeria on the west. Ndjamena is the capital an... Read more
Mauritania
Mauritania , officially Islamic Republic of Mauritania, republic (2005 est. pop. 3,087,000), 397,953 sq mi (1,030,700 sq km), NW Africa. It borders on the Atlantic Ocean in the west, on Western Sahara in the northwest and north, on Algeria in the northeast, on Mali in the east and southeast, and on ... Read more

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Tuareg
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures Tuareg PRONUNCIATION: TWAH-reg LOCATION: Saharan...practices 1 • INTRODUCTION The Tuareg are an Islamic African people. They are...area where they grow some food crops. The Tuareg are best known for the men's practice...
Sunni Ali
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Sudan was becoming less secure as the Tuareg and the Mossi raided more freely from...south. Timbuktu had been held by the Tuareg since 1433, when they had taken it from...such a formidable force that both the Tuareg and Umar himself fled. Then the Songhay...
Niger
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...found in the n desert. Nomadic Tuareg settled in the Aï...expedition arrived in 1891, but Tuareg resistance prevented full occupation...Ali Saibou. In 1991, the Tuareg in n Niger began an armed campaign...1995, the government and the Tuaregs signed a peace accord. Elections...
Berbers
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...populations of Libya, Algeria, and Morocco. Except for the nomadic Tuareg , the Berbers traditionally were small farmers, living under...Libyan inscriptions is close to the script still used by the Tuareg. The origins of the Berbers are uncertain, although many theories...
Mali
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...32%, Fulani (or Peul) 14%, Senufo 12%, Soninke 9%, Tuareg 7%, Songhai 7%, Malinke (Mandingo or Mandinke) 7% languages...political settlement provided a special administration for Tuaregs in n Mali. Konaré was re-elected in 1997. In 1999...
Hausa
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...considerable exchange with the Kanuri to the east, the nomadic Tuareg, and southern Nigerians (Igbo, Yoruba); in their diaspora...or hamlets. The cities have wards for foreigners, including Tuareg, Arabs, Nupe, Kanuri, and others. The capital cities are...
Charles Foucauld, vicomte de
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Missionaries of Africa). In 1905 he went to Algeria and lived among the Tuareg. He settled near the small village of Tamanrasset, where he produced his studies of Tuareg language and literature. He was killed when the desert tribes revolted...
Berber
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa ...mountains in eastern Algeria, south of Constantine); the Tuareg (Saharan Algeria, Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso); the Chleuh...Saharan hammada, and in the Sahara Desert. Although the Tuareg — camel nomads of the central Sahara — more...
Berbers of Morocco
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...oasis dwellers of the Algerian Mzab; and Imajeghen (sing. Amajegh), to the Ahaggar Tuareg of the southern Algerian Sahara, with similar names for other Tuareg groups in Mali and Niger. In this article, only the three Moroccan regional subgroups...
Zarma
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...intermarry. Following repeated raids on the Lake Debo area by Tuareg, Fulbe, Mossi, and Soninke as early as the fifteenth century...Zarmatarey was subjected to frequent raids by Lissawan and Kel Nan Tuareg from Tagazzar and Imanan in the north, and by Fulbe, who had...

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Niger
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...the PALAEOLITHIC period. The Tuaregs occupied parts of Niger in...18th century, displacing the Tuaregs. In 1804 the FULANI , ancient...agreement was made with ethnic Tuareg rebels, based in the north...21.7%; Fulani 10.1%; Tuareg 8.4%; Kanuri 4.2...
Mali
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...century, when it was divided among the Tuareg, Macina, and Ségou. France...His policy was to pacify rebellious Tuareg tribesmen in the north (a peace agreement...Senufo 12.0%; Soninke 8.8%; Tuareg 7.3%; Songhai 7.2%; Malinke 6...
De Foucauld, Charles Eugène
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions ...by Abbé Huvelin, he sought a life of poverty and solitude, finally as a hermit in the Sahara amongst the Muslim Tuaregs. He won their respect by his sympathy with their language and way of life, but was assassinated by one in 1916. His missionary...
Berber
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...in the Atlas mountains; transhumance farmers (who move their livestock seasonally from region to region); and the nomadic Tuareg of the Sahara. History. The Berbers have occupied the mountains and deserts of northern Africa since prehistoric times. HERODOTUS...
Umar ibn Said Tal
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...failed to win many converts. He became a harsh ruler. In 1863 he captured Timbuktu but soon lost it to a combined force of Fulani and Tuaregs. He was killed in 1864 but the Tukolor empire survived until 1897, ruled by his son Ahmadu Seku.
Migration: Africa
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...better grazing for their cattle, although there were also some Muslim clerics among them. Other migrant groups included the Tuareg, who were mostly pastoralists and who showed little interest in territorial occupation and settlement. Migrants from Bornu...
Timbuctoo
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Timbuctoo a distant or remote place, from the name of Timbuktu , a town in northern Mali which was founded by the Tuareg in the 11th century, and which became a Muslim centre of learning, and a major trading centre for gold and salt on the trans-Saharan trade routes.

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Tuaregs Attempt to Adjust to Non-Nomadic Life
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 2/1/1996; 700+ words ; ...for more than 1 million Tuareg nomads. Tuaregs are traditional camel...trying to mainstream Tuaregs into modern society...peace accord calls for Tuareg integration into the...and police, for more Tuaregs in the civil service...
Tuareg tradition faces uncertain future\
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 11/8/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION Among the Tuareg, the men, not the women, wear veils...AMERICAN ART) It is amazing to meet the Tuareg. They see to it. They don't just walk up and say hi. The Tuareg of northeastern Africa present an apparition...
Tuareg return. (social rift between Tuareg tribesmen and Mali and Niger's largely black armies) (International)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 10/13/1990; 700+ words ; ...Niger, which has pitted light-skinned Tuareg tribesmen against those countries' largely...began when thousands of formerly nomadic Tuareg began to drift back to Mali and Niger...Niamey, the capital. Some returning Tuareg had served in the Libyan army, and brought...
VOA NEWS: TUAREG REBELS SUSPECTED IN MALI'S DEADLY AMBUSHES, MINE BLASTS
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 8/31/2007; 700+ words ; ...security officials blame the Tuaregs and link the desert violence to an on-going Tuareg rebellion in Niger...following a one-day Tuareg rebel uprising May 2006...abandoned desert where many Tuaregs live. Niger Tuareg rebels have said its...
Touring with the Tuareg.(in the Sahara)
Magazine article from: Geographical; 11/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...war and modernisation have changed the Tuareg. With a desperate need to create an economy...The homeland of the Berber-speaking Tuareg extends across the boundaries of Algeria...by camel and accompanied by one or two Tuareg through the remote mountain ranges of...
BURKINA FASO-REFUGEES: TUAREGS REFUSE TO RETURN HOME
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 1/2/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...The exact number of Tuareg refugees here, pegged...disputed on the one hand by Tuaregs who say it is too small...which made them (the Tuareg refugees) leave, no...so far, only 2,500 Tuaregs have gone home in four...of the Association of Tuareg Refugees in Burkina Faso...
TUAREGS ABANDON DESERT MALI'S NOMADS, BROKEN BY WAR AND DROUGHT, SINK ROOTS AFTER 1,000- YEAR-OLD WAY OF LIFE.(News/National/International)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 3/30/1997; 700+ words ; ...life. Scattered Tuareg bands still roam...behind indigo veils. Tuaregs and their Arab cousins...herds. In 1990, Tuaregs rebelled against...raided villages. One Tuareg group negotiated...American-educated Tuareg and U.N. consultant...But now that the Tuaregs and Moors are finally...
Drying up; the Tuareg.
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 11/2/1991; 700+ words ; ...THE arid wilds of northern Mali, the Tuareg are running wild. in the past two years...Some fear a civil war is imminent. The Tuareg, light-skinned Berber-speaking people...and elections due next January, the Tuareg get little attention. The neighbours...
Art of being Tuareg: Sahara nomads in a modern world.(exhibition preview)
Magazine article from: African Arts; 9/22/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...majesty, stateliness, and beauty of the Tuareg people of the central Sahara, their large...engendered an almost mythical quality in the Tuareg. This exhibition, co-curated by the...eight authors, presents the art of the Tuareg in metal, wood, leather, song, poetry...
UCLA film series to show reality of Tuareg life
News Wire article from: University Wire; 1/23/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...three films regarding the life of the Tuareg, a semi-nomadic African tribe that...held in conjunction with "Art of Being Tuareg: Sahara Nomads in a Modern World...films show the environment in which the Tuareg live." Alas, this "environment" is...