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Numbering over one million, the Tuareg are seminomadic pastoralists who inhabit the Sahara Desert, southern Algeria, southwestern Libya, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger. They are grouped into politically autonomous federations that, on occasion, join together for purposes of trade and defense. Continuing droughts since the 1980s have caused some Tuareg to become sedentary agriculturalists and city dwellers. They are renowned for carved wood household furnishings, metal and leatherwork, and jewelry with simple shapes and decoration that combines linear and geometric motifs.
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Roslyn A. Walker, The Arts of Africa at the Dallas Museum of Art (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009), 304.
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- University of Iowa Museum of Art, Art & Life in Africa~Learn more about the Tuareg peoples.
- Smithsonian Encyclopedia~View an online exhibition about the historic and contemporary art and culture of the Tuareg.
- Smart History~Read an overview of the peoples and cultures in Africa.
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General Description
Numbering over one million, the Tuareg are seminomadic pastoralists who inhabit the Sahara Desert, southern Algeria, southwestern Libya, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger. They are grouped into politically autonomous federations that, on occasion, join together for purposes of trade and defense. Continuing droughts since the 1980s have caused some Tuareg to become sedentary agriculturalists and city dwellers. They are renowned for carved wood household furnishings, metal and leatherwork, and jewelry with simple shapes and decoration that combines linear and geometric motifs.
Excerpt from
Roslyn A. Walker, The Arts of Africa at the Dallas Museum of Art (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009), 304.
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Web Resources
- University of Iowa Museum of Art, Art & Life in Africa~Learn more about the Tuareg peoples.
- Smithsonian Encyclopedia~View an online exhibition about the historic and contemporary art and culture of the Tuareg.
- Smart History~Read an overview of the peoples and cultures in Africa.
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