Toumast

The Tuaregs traditionally occupied a large swath of land stretching from southern Libya and southern Algeria to the northern portions of Mali and Niger as well as parts of Burkina Faso. They were a nomadic people, and thus unable to lay claim to any specific geographic area as a traditional homeland. In the '60s they made a bid for autonomy but the governments in question, particularly Niger, Mali, Libya, and Algeria, refused to recognize them as a unique culture. In the '70s and '80s there was severe drought; the Tuaregs relocated in massive numbers to southern Algeria and so...