 | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 300,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Languages | |
| Hassaniya Arabic | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Arabs (Bedouin groups) |
The Azawagh Arabs (Arabic: عرب أزواغ) (also known as nomadic Moors) are nomadic ethnic Arab-ancestry tribes who are settling mainly in the area of Azawagh which is a dry basin covering what is today northwestern Niger, as well as parts of northeastern Mali and southern Algeria.1
Azawagh Arabs are named after the Azawagh region of the Sahara2 and speak Hassaniya Arabic which is one of the regional varieties of Arabic.3
References
References
- Paris (1995): p. 250.
- For an introduction to the culture of the Azawagh Arabs, see Rebecca Popenoe, Feeding Desire — Fatness, Beauty and Sexuality among a Saharan People. Routledge, London (2003) ISBN 0-415-28096-6
- Popenoe (2003), p. 16-17.
- Bibliography
- Popenoe, Rebecca (2003). Feeding Desire: Fatness, Beauty and Sexuality among a Saharan People. London: Routledge. ISBN 0415280966. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
- Paris, François (1995). "L Bassin de I'Azawagh : peuplements et civilisations, du néolithique à l'arrivée de l'islam" (PDF). Milieux, sociétés et archéologues (in French). Karthala. Retrieved 29 December 2017.