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 | |
|---|---|
| File:Homme toureg.jpg A Tuareg man | |
| Total population | |
| c. 3 million | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| 22x20px Niger | 2,116,988 (8.7% of its total population)[1] |
| 22x20px Mali | 536,557 (2.6% of its total population)[2] |
| 22x20px Burkina Faso | 370,738 (1.85% of its total population)[3] |
| 22x20px Algeria | 25,000–150,000 (0.36% of its total population) |
| 22x20px 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
- Tuareg area.png
The traditional distribution of the Tuareg in the Sahara
- MousaAgAmastane-Paris.jpg
Tuareg chief Moussa Ag Amastan arriving in Paris, 1910
- Mali1974-151 hg.jpg
A Tuareg man in Mali with his slave, 1974
- Le Mali entame le dialogue avec les Touaregs (6972875286).jpg
Tuareg separatist rebels in Mali, January 2012
- COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Tuareg tijdens het verrichten van het islamitisch avondgebed (maghrib) TMnr 20010320.jpg
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.JPG
Tuareg from the Hoggar (Algeria) sitting in the sand
- Tuareg2.JPG
Tuareg from the Hoggar (Algeria) wearing the classical indigo turban
References
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil)., Niger: 11% of 18.6 million
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil)., Mali: 3% of 17.9 million population
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil)., Burkina Faso: 1.9% of 19.5 million
