Kel Ajjer

Kel Ajjer (also Azjar Kel, Kel Azger ) are a composite of Tuareg nomads who live in the western part of Libya and in the south eastern Algeria, for example, in the Tassili Tadrart.

Distribution area

This group of Tuareg includes about 6,000 people. In Algeria, it Nomadisierungsgebiet primarily limited to the regions of Ahaggar and Tassili n'Ajjer area. Your northernmost goes to the border region of Ghadames (Libya). Strongholds are still Ghat and Ubari. The Kel Ajjer speak a Tamascheq dialect, the " Ghat " (or Ghanet, Djanet ) is called.

Colonial

The first European ( French ) contacts with the Kel Ajjer go back to the year 1848. This contact was based on the agreement of a French delegation led by Sheikh Othman, an influential leader of the religious tribe of Iforas and Ikhenoukhen, a leader of Kel Ajjer. As early as 1862 trade agreements. In the late 1860s, the relations of the Kel Ajjer to the French colonialists deteriorated. In the period 1880-1900, this led to intense repression against the Kel Ajjer.

Among the tribes of the Ajjer

Important sub- tribes of the Kel Ajjer are the Uraren at Ghat, the Imenan in Djanet, descended from Arabs Imanrassaten and Iforas at Ghadames.

Neighborly Tuareg

The Kel Ajjer have their origin pastoralists. They considerably large pastures. Neighbors of the Kel Ajjer are in the southwest, the Kel Ahaggar, as well as in the transition region to the Sahel to the Niger Aïr, the Kel Aïr and Kel Ewey -in towards the border with Mali to the Adrar des Iforas there is the Kel Adrar and the Kel Iforas.

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