Tuareg people
The Tuareg (Arabic: طوارق, sometimes spelled Touareg in French, or Twareg in English) are a Berber ethnic group. The Tuareg today lives mostly in West Africa, but they were once nomads that moved throughout the Sahara. They used their own writing known as the tifinaɤ.
Kel Tamasheq ⴾⵍⵜⵎⴰⵣⵗⵜ طوارق | |
|---|---|
| Total population | |
| c. 3 million | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Niger | 2,116,988 (8.7% of its total population)[1] |
 Mali | 536,557 (2.6% of its total population)[2] |
 Burkina Faso | 370,738 (1.85% of its total population)[3] |
 Algeria | 25,000–150,000 (0.36% of its total population) |
 Tunisia | 2,000 (nomadic, 0.018% of its total population) |
| Languages | |
| Tuareg languages (Tafaghist, Tamahaq, Tamasheq, Tamajeq, Tawellemmet), Maghrebi Arabic, French, Hassaniya Arabic | |
| Religion | |
| Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Berbers, Hausa people | |
Today most Tuaregs are Muslim. Their most important leader was a woman. Tuareg men use veils, but not women. Their families are matrilinear.
Tuareg People Media
The traditional distribution of the Tuareg in the Sahara
2 - La reine Tin Hinan, 125x150cm, huile sur toile
Tuareg chief Moussa Ag Amastan arriving in Paris, 1910
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Tuareg attack on a French expedition during the first French attempt to conquer the Algerian Sahara in 1881
A Tuareg nomad and his slave in Mali. The black person to the right may be a slave.
Tuareg separatist rebels in Mali, January 2012
Het rituele gebed binnen de Islam wordt salat genoemd. Het zonsondergang of avondgebed, de maghrib, is het vierde gebed van de dag. In totaal zijn Moslims verplicht vijf dagelijkse gebeden te verrichten.*De heer Broekhuijse heeft het gehele gebed op foto vastgelegd, de juiste volgorde waarop de foto's bezien moeten worden is: 20010324, 20010323, 20010321, 20010320 en 20010322.
Tuareg from the Hoggar (Algeria) sitting in the sand
Tuareg from the Hoggar (Algeria) wearing the classical indigo turban
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References
- ↑ "The World Factbook". Central Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 2020-04-24. Retrieved 2016-10-08., Niger: 11% of 18.6 million
- ↑ Pascal James Imperato; Gavin H. Imperato (2008). Historical Dictionary of Mali. Scarecrow. p. lxxvii. ISBN 978-0-8108-6402-3., Mali: 3% of 17.9 million population
- ↑ "The World Factbook". Central Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 2020-04-24. Retrieved 2016-10-08., Burkina Faso: 1.9% of 19.5 million
