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Chapters: Tuareg, Bakweri, Duala People, Bubi People, Isubu, Wodaabe, Ogoni People, Maka People, Baka, Njem, Yalunka People, Nzime, Mungo People, Wovea People, Limba People, Bajwe, Bamboko, Bakole People, Balengue People, Baga People, Benga People, Bujeba People, Combe People. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 121. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Niger: 1,720,000 (1998)Mali: 1,440,000 (1991)Algeria: 1,025,000 (1987)Burkina Faso: 600,000 (1991) Libya: 557,000 (1993)The Tuareg (also Twareg or Touareg, Amazigh: Imuhagh/Itargiyen, besides regional ethnyms) are a Berber nomadic pastoralist people. They are the principal inhabitants of the Saharan interior of North Africa. They call themselves variously Kel Tamasheq or Kel Tamajaq ("Speakers of Tamasheq"), Imuhagh, Imazaghan or Imashaghen ("the Free people"), or Kel Tagelmust, i.e., "People of the Veil". The name Tuareg was applied to them by early explorers and historians (since Leo Africanus). The origin and meaning of the name Twareg has long been debated with various etymologies advanced, although it would appear that Twrg is derived from the "broken plural" of Trgi, a name whose former meaning was "inhabitant of Targa" (the Tuareg name of the Libyan region commonly known as Fezzan. Targa in Berber means "(drainage) channel", see Alojali et al. 2003: 656, s.v. "Targa"). The Tuareg call themselves by the following names: It is important to note that: The Tuareg today are found mostly in North Africa and West Africa. Some historians claim they progressively moved south over the last 2000 years. They were once nomads throughout the Sahara. They have a little-used but ancient script known as the Tifinagh. Tuareg in the 1907 Colonial ExhibitionThe Tuareg are probably descended from ancient Saharan peoples described by Herodotus. He descri...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=103054 ... Read more

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An objective look at the culture of the Tuareg
First published in 1977, The Tuareg: People Of Ahaggar by Jeremy Keenan is an even-handed and objective look at the culture of the Tuareg people of the central Sahara, who are perhaps most famous for a fierce defense of their homeland against French imperialism, a struggle which ultimately resulted in the expulsion of France from Algeria in 1962. Part history, part anthropology, The Tuareg: People Of Ahaggar is offers an historical analysis which is very highly recommended for Mideast Studies reference library collections. ... Read more