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Sahara Chronicle – Agadez

Sahara Chronicle – Agadez
Ursula Biemann

Agadez and Arlit in Niger are southern gates to the Sahara. The exclusion of the nomadic tribe from the mineral wealth on their territory triggered the Tuareg Rebellion in the 1990s. Unable to establish an independent Tuareg state, they use their tactical and topographic knowledge to run illicit migration routes through the Sahara. 

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Tuareg existence is transnational by definition. They worked out a system of information, itineraries and topographic literacy.

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Artist/Author: Ursula Biemann

Tuareg existence is transnational by definition. They worked out a system of information, itineraries and topographic literacy.