Intro

The Tuareg are a group of mostly nomadic people who live in northern Africa. They divide themselves into five strictly defined social classes. The Tuareg, who once controlled the caravan trade routes across the Sahara, are a semi-nomadic, pastoralist people of North African Berber origin. They are nominally Muslim and presently number from 1 to 1.5 million. They are grouped into independent federations and live in southern Algeria, southwest Libya, Mali, and Niger, and in smaller groups, in Burkina Faso and Nigeria. 

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