Sahara Man: Travelling with the Tuareg - Hardcover

Keenan, Jeremy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0719561612 ISBN 13: 9780719561610

Publisher: John Murray, 2001

Synopsis

Jeremy Keenan travelled to Algeria in search of the Tuareg, the fearsome indigo-veiled nomads of the Central Sahara with whom he had lived as a young anthropologist.
A chance meeting set him on his way to the Tuareg traditional fortress, the vast mountainous area of Ahaggar, in the tracks of bandits, his tent pitched beside caves decorated with pre-historic paintings. Here he discovered that the Tuareg, who had learned to survive as tourist guides after the horrors of Algeria's war of independence, were now being starved out of their livelihood by the violence in the north.
This vivid and fascinating book takes us into the heart of the Sahara and into the lives of the Tuareg, into Keenan's own past and into the fearful history and present day experience of Algeria itself.

About this title

Review:

"This is a book that anyone interested in the Sahara will have to read."

About the Author:

Jeremy Keenan has lectured all over the world on social anthropology. His film 'The Tuareg' won an award at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival and his book, 'The Tuareg People of Ahaggar' is considered the definitive work on the Berber nomads of the Central Sahara. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and the Royal Anthropological Institute. He lives in Somerset.

About this edition

• Publisher: John Murray
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0719561612
• ISBN 13: 9780719561610
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 285