Tuareg

A semi-nomadic pastoralist culture in the middle of modern, Westernizing Africa, is an ethnic group called the Tuareg. Though diverse and living in separate communities speckled throughout Algeria, Mali, and Niger, the Tuareg are united by their shared language and proud history. They were expert traders and formidable warriors, raiding and conquering to find the best land for the livestock, prior to the European colonization of Africa. For the Tuareg, it was the French that proved too formidable. The Tuareg were one of the last groups to be colonized, but their swords could not hold off the French guns forever. After large casualties on both sides of the conflict, it finally ended with the signing of a treaty in the late 19th century (Keita…

The Tuareg Rebellion began in January 2012 and ran until April of the same year with the Mouvement Nationale pour la Libération de l’Azawad(MNLA) declaring independence in the North of Mali. A free state in the North of Mali called Azawad was the ultimate objective of the MNLA but it was not recognized internationally or by the Malian government. In March, there is a military coup of the Malian government as a result of the military officers frustration with the rebellion. From June to July the…

The Tuareg, first inhabited the region back in the fifth century and have long viewed northern Mali,parts of Mauritania, Algeria, and Niger as their homeland (Douglas-Bowers, 2013). For centuries, the Tuareg experience a life of riches and success by controlling trade and the networks of caravans traveling through the region. The Tuareg people who live in northern Mali have struggled for independence, since France first colonized the country. The Tuareg launched three different rebellions…

The nomadic pastoralists of the Tuareg have descended through generations in Africa since the fourth century. Throughout the centuries, the cultural group has retained their rich heritage while surviving in the Saharan desert of northern Niger. Social relations of the Tuareg have remained relatively the same through the generations, including the relationships between the Tuareg and other people who reside in the countries they travel through, and with other members of their cultural group as…

Africa has many diverse cultures. The three well-known tribes of Africa are the Maasai, Tuareg, and the Bambuti. The Maasai and the Tuareg were pastoralists. The Bambuti were very short and include many subtribes in one. People living in Africa migrated out and spread to other areas. The first humans on Earth were said to be living on the continent of Africa. As the population grew people migrated. They migrated to other areas in Africa and eventually to other continents. Lasting 1500 years, the…

The two African Kingdom I will be comparing are the kingdom of Benin and the kingdom of Mali. I will be demonstrating the rise of each kingdom and the decline of kingdoms and the collapse on both kingdoms. The kingdom of Benin rose to power by trading goods. Benin Declined when a civil war erupted. It finally collapses when its territorial extent shrank rapidly. The kingdom of Mali rose to power because it was rich in gold. It began to decline when its political and military strength was…

All of Africa’s people are diverse. The Maasai, Tuareg, and Bambuti are all tribes in Africa. The Maasai people are the original settlers of southern Kenya and northern Tanzania. The Tuareg are a pastoralist society in North and West Africa. The Bambuti live primarily in the congo Basin and Ituri Forest. It is believed that all humans have migrated from Africa. Africa is the only continent with fossil evidence of human beings. Most scientists believe humans first appeared in Africa, then spread…

The Hausa people love to play their music using the duma, which is for percussion, and the molo, which is a flute. The Hausa love to sing praise music and keep it closely related to folk music. Tuareg has its own genre, which is classified as, "Tuareg Blues”. The Tuareg's music is so popular, it even traveled all the way to Europe (Murray, 1981). Most notably, the band called Tinariwen, is very a very popular band, that plays wonderful blues songs. Music in Niger always brings the people closer…

Empire has destroyed the Soninke kingdom. Mandinka Empire established a trade route that went back east through Djenne and Timbuktu between the 13th and 15th century. In the 15th century the kingdom of Songhai has asserted its independence to the east, allowing Djenne and Timbuktu to rise as the center of trade cities and Islamic scholarship. In the 1591, approximately of 4000 men from Morocco defeated the kingdom of Songhai, which resulted in a chaos in the trade. During the time of the…

have become so dependent on their minimal income from tourism that they have chosen to keep their rings on and remain in Thailand. Another example is the Kuna tribe in Panama, where the traditional art known as ‘Mola’ usually use on traditional costume for women’s outfit, has now been transformed into a commercial trade and has lost its spiritual value and quality. Kuna women are now making ‘Mola’ with designs of the American flag, cell phones and much more for the main purpose of meeting the…