Kel Ahaggar

Kel Ahaggar (also: Ihaggaren ) are a composite of Tuareg, mostly nomads living in southern Algeria.

Dissemination

The habitat of the Kel Ahaggar is located in Ahaggargebirge. The northernmost extension of its territory extends north to Arak. In the south, crossing the country's border with Niger, as important grazing areas for the camels in the Tamesna level, northwest of the oasis Ingall lie. The group of the Kel Ahaggar is estimated at 5,000 people. They speak Tahaggart, a dialect of Tamascheq.

Economy and Social

The Ahaggar Mountains, which is in northern Chad, the highest in the Sahara to the Tibesti, acts as a water reservoir. For this reason, the Tuareg found in the valleys of usable vegetation and can cultivate smaller, agriculturally viable havens. First of all crops are grown. In earlier times, the Kel Ahaggar, leaving the work of the field management mostly sedentary Haratin and slaves. As far as Kel Ahaggar themselves have become settled in the mountainous regions, they grow grains, fruits and vegetables. Date palms thrive here because of the low temperatures bad, but grow fig and olive trees.

There is an increasing tendency towards group of the Kel Ahaggar then abandon their nomadic life and become permanently settled. The political unrest in northern Algeria since the early 1990s have brought major waves of immigration of Arabs into the ancestral homeland of the Kel Ahaggar with it ( Tamanrasset ). African migrants from sub-Saharan countries join the Centre. The Kel Ahaggar are becoming a minority in their own region. The westernmost of Tamanrasset, traditionally acting as a national point of connection oasis Abalessa gets into a position of the periphery. The typical net-like social structure is increasingly in an imbalance.

Strains

The Kel Ahaggar are divided into different tribes. The most important are the Aït Loaien, Dag Rali, Iregenaten, Kel Rela, Kel Silet, Taituq and Tégéhé Millet.

Neighborly Tuareg

Neighbors of the Kel Ahaggar are in the Northeast, the Kel Ajjer. With them was originally a political unit. However, this was abandoned in the 17th century. In the transition region to the Sahel to the Niger Aïr Mountains, live the Kel Aïr and Kel Ewey. In the west, towards the border with Mali, the Kel Adrar and the Kel Iforas nomadisieren to the Adrar des Iforas.