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Eastern Karabo |
Kaan |
Kalamse |
Mossi |
Northern Dagara |
Northern Toussian |
Siamou |
Songhai |
Southern Toussian |
Tenbo |
Tuareg |
Turka
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Wara |
Winye |
Zarma
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Tuareg
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| Indigenous Group |
Tuareg (Also known as: Antessar, Bella, Kel Tamasheq, Kidal, Kidal Tuareg, Tahoua Tuareg, Tamacheq, Tamasheq, Timbuktu, Udalan)
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| Location |
Burkina Faso, Oudalan Province, Sahel Region
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| Estimated Population |
31,169 (2000,
World Christian Database) |
| Environment |
Savannah / Desert / Plain / Tropical / Arid
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| Lifestyle |
Semi-nomadic
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| Subsistence |
Animal Husbandry / Agriculture / Trade / Paid Labor / Handicraft Sales
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| Level of Assimilation |
Fairly Traditional
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| Language Family |
Tamasheq, Kidal
Classification:
Berber, Afro-Asiatic, Tamasheq, Southern
Alternate Names:
Timbuktu, Tomacheck, Tamashekin, Tuareg
Dialects:
Timbuktu (Tombouctou, Tanaslamt), Tadghaq (Kidal) |
| Website URLs |
The Tuareg Culture
African People and Culture: Tuareg
University of Iowa: Tuareg People
Wikipedia
The Jembetat Gallery of African Art
The Tuareg and Silver Jewelry
World Cultures: Tuareg
Ethnologue: Tamasheq, Kidal; A Language Of Burkina Faso
United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)
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| NGOs |
Afrique Verte
Tear Fund
Welthungerhilfe - German Agro Action
International Service
Tidene Association
United Nations Development Program: PNUD Burkina Faso
Development Workshop (DWF)
Oxfam
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