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7 unusual facts about Tuareg people


Desert Sparrow

The Tuareg, who call the bird "moula-moula", also say that this bird brings good news when it comes to stay near the camp.

Francis Rodd, 2nd Baron Rennell

Rodd would later make two great expeditions into the central Sahara (in 1922 and 1927) which provided him for the material of his book about the Tuareg, entitled People of the Veil.

Los Guerreros Tuareg

Los Guerreros Tuareg (Spanish for "The Tuareg Warriors") is a Mexican professional wrestling group, called a stable working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) as a rudo (term used for wrestlers who portray the "Bad guys") faction.

The group was repackaged as Los Guerreros Tuareg ("The Tuareg Warriors"), inspired by the Tuareg Nomadic tribe, which was reflected in the robes and headgear the team wore to the ring and a more African tribal type entrance music.

Mark T. Sullivan

After graduating, he served as a volunteer in the Peace Corps, teaching English to children of Tuareg nomads in the Saraha Desert.

Michel Sidibé

Mr Sidibé’s passion for advancing global health began in his native Mali, where he took up the cause of the nomadic Tuareg people.

Sophia Forero

She creates jewelry with colors and textures inspired by her study of international cultures, including Tuareg culture and Byzantine art.


Dirkou

Its population is made up primarily of traditionally sedentary Kanuri people, as well as semi-nomadic Tuareg and Tubu people.

Jean-François Klobb

He returned to French Sudan with the rank of Major in July 1895, distinguishing himself against the Tuaregs, that he defeated in a series of battles fought in 1897–98, that helped to secure French control on Timbuktu, endangered by the massacre near the city of a platoon of Sipahis in June 1897.

Kel Ferwan

The Kel Ferwan are a Tuareg nomadic clan, who have historically been a subgroup of the Kel Ayr confederation.

Tassili n'Ajjer

Tassili is the recording location and the title of a 2011 album by the Tuareg-Berber band Tinariwen.

Women in Mali

In 2008, the Tuareg based human rights group Temedt, along with Anti-Slavery International, reported that "several thousand" members of the Tuareg Bella caste remain enslaved in the Gao Region and especially around the towns of Menaka and Ansongo.


see also

Elizabeth Norton

She was a member of a university research group led by Jeremy Keenan to the Algerian Sahara which surveyed prehistoric rock art and travelled with the Tuareg people.