The Touaregs in Their Country (1908) | Silent Film
Presented for historical reference.
French title, Chez les Touaregs
Scenes of a Touareg village show the tribe's women, boys posing and fighting, two men fighting with sticks and wrestling, the tying of a turban, equipping and mounting the camels, the parade of a caravan, demonstrating an assault on a colonial courier, a "Fantasia" parade, horsemen riding toward the camera with their guns blazing, and a mother and child playing with a kitten. From the US Library if Congress.
“The Tuareg people (/ˈtwɑːrɛɡ/; also spelt Twareg or Touareg; endonym: Kel Tamasheq, Kel Tagelmustare a large Berber ethnic confederation. They principally inhabit the Sahara in a vast area stretching from far southwestern Libya to southern Algeria, Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso. Traditionally nomadic pastoralists, small groups of Tuareg are also found in northern Nigeria.
The Tuareg speak the Tuareg languages (also known as Tamasheq), which belong to the Berber branch of the Afroasiatic family.
The Tuaregs have been called the "blue people" for the indigo-dye coloured clothes they traditionally wear and which stains their skin. A semi-nomadic Muslim people, they are believed to be descendants of the Berber natives of North Africa. The Tuaregs have been one of the ethnic groups that have been historically influential in the spread of Islam and its legacy in North Africa and the adjacent Sahel region.
Tuareg society has traditionally featured clan membership, social status and caste hierarchies within each political confederation. The Tuareg have controlled several trans-Saharan trade routes and have been an important party to the conflicts in the Saharan region during the colonial and post-colonial era.” - Wikipedia
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The kids fighting at the beginning was hilarious! Kids will be kids!
Plz don’t offed tuareg by calling them arabs
Just look at the current sultan of aïr, he’s definitely black. 🖤
That's the beauty of being Amazigh in the 21st century. It doesn't matter if you're black or light skinned.
Sultan of Aïr is not Touareg
@@hammou1312 Sultan of Aïr is not Touareg
I just LOVE to be PRIVVY to view these precious precious gems!! Sometimes, I ***briefly*** want to keep it to my self. Then I share the history. Thanks so much. It IS appreciated. PLEASE know that!
This movie was shot in studio in america.
Wow, they were/are black too
What does that mean? They have always been black
Those you see nowadays with faire complexion are not pure TOUAREG as far as I know .
@millenniumsoldier99 maybe because u are black.........dont see how a camera can make someone look black
@@phantompage4304 get a life timmy what history do you have. Lets talk about your history
@@MalamIbnMalam Ce n'est pas tous les touaregs qui sont noirs. Et ce n'est pas tous les touaregs qui sont filmés ici. We are not black
Many of these people will be decedents of the Original Moors.
@millenniumsoldier99 yup very true there were even some black Africans as well
@millenniumsoldier99 like 5 syrians
@millenniumsoldier99 bredrin just stop u and i both know the majority were black and the non blacks in north africa got there fairly recently
@millenniumsoldier99 loooooool evidence that the non-blacks are indigenous.................i bet u cant loooool. mental gymnastics
@millenniumsoldier99 loooooooool look up tariq al jibral the guy who first invaded spain. he was black looool. u are so sad
Berbers black with an admixture of Arab too,
The Tuareg are a group of berbers from Mali they had black slaves and those descendants are called bella and speak a language called Tamasheq.
@millenniumsoldier99 Every cant be mxed with the same thing.
looks like arab influence...outsider influence...
ahmad litman the original Arabs were black
cbenji07 not all 'blacks' are from AFRICA...
ahmad litman yes they are. They just travelled.... THINK.
The veiled ones are the real tribal Tuareg ppl the rest are just sadly slaves who us d to be engaged in all life activities for tuareg are superior to work or do any show P. S i am tuareg girl and most tuareg don’t look or identify as blacks just google the word Tuareg on KZhead
@A G your mother
@A G oh crap sorry loool I cant even keep up with these trolls
@mmm girl GOODBYE. You have been brainwashed to think everyone black was a slave. EDUCATE YOURSELF
@@Uniquaization and the funny thing is they use to enslave whites as well but they won't talk about that
The women in the video are dressed like Algerians with their head scarves, hoops and waist belts though? Are these people even tuareg?