Tuareg

Definition: Tuareg

Tuareg

Noun

1. A member of a nomadic Berber people of the Sahara.

2. The dialect of Berber spoken by the Tuareg people.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Geography

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Tuareg - Il guerriero del deserto (1984)

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Books

• Healing in Community: Medicine, Contested Terrains, and Cultural Encounters Among the Tuareg (reference)

• The Poetics and Politics of Tuareg Aging: Life Course and Personal Destiny in Niger (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Civil Liberties

Algeria

In the mid-1990's, the Government worked with international organizations to respond to Tuareg refugees from Mali and Niger. (references)

Economic History

Niger

Ethnic groups: Hausa 56%, Djerma 22%, Fulani 8.5%, Tuareg 8%, Beri Beri (Kanouri) 4.3%; Arab, Toubou, and Gourmantche 1.2%. (references)

Mali

The Bambara, Malinke, Sarakole, and Dogon are farmers; the Fulani, Maur, and Tuareg are herders; while the Bozo are fishers. (references)

Minorities

Niger

It supported the 1995 peace accord calling for special development efforts in the north where the Tuareg population is dominant. (references)

Mali

Longstanding tensions between the marginalized Moor and Tuareg pastoralist groups and the more populous nonpastoralist groups have been a leading source of political instability and violence, including the Tuareg rebellions of the early 1990's. On February 24, a group led by former army officer Ibrahim Bahanga, who was among the Tuareg rebels incorporated into the army after the rebellion in the 1990's, attacked the Gendarmerie and kidnaped 10 soldiers. (references)

Worker Rights

Mali

For example, there is a hereditary service relationship between members of the Bellah ethnic group and other Tuareg populations. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

French

Touareg, Targui. (various references)

Pig Latin

uaregtay

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

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