Today, “Tuareg music” is such a common concept in the global music mainstream that the term is already outdated. Kel Tamasheq, one of the names that performers of said music have long used to describe ...
Are the Tuareg tribesmen of the Sahara, as many media reports are now intimating, allied to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)? This question has become especially pertinent since the abduction of ...
The music of Mali's Tuareg people is music of resistance. Master traders of the Sahara desert for millenia, they've never enjoyed significant political power, and their musical culture reflects that ...
The Tuareg, a semi-nomadic people of Niger, Mali and Algeria, have fascinated travelers and scholars throughout history. The "art" of being Tuareg — their elegant dress and exquisite ornamentation, ...
They are at the centre of the storm in Mali, but within this diverse group every shade of opinion can be found. Andy Morgan is a freelance author and journalist based in Bristol, England. He worked in ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There's more than one way to tackle the Sahara. For some, a day trip by minibus and camel is more than enough desert – but the ...
Imagine a caravan of camels moving across an ocean of sand. There are no roads, no signposts, and no GPS—just endless dunes stretching to the horizon. Yet the travelers know exactly where they are ...
"Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name organized by the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University and the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, ...
Tom Seligman set out on a 10-day camel trek through the Sahara on Christmas Day 1979 to photograph ancient rock paintings. The African-art scholar was fascinated by the Tuareg -- the proud North ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
The Tuareg, a semi-nomadic people of Niger, Mali and Algeria, have fascinated travelers and scholars throughout history. The "art" of being Tuareg — their elegant dress and exquisite ornamentation, ...