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Mena, I'm trying to figure out the intention and motive behind this writing?

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The motive is to show interesting pictures and show how Islamic militants want to take away their freedoms


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Those partnerships have since crumbled, but now the Tuareg living in south-western Libya face a new threat - that of ISIS - while those living in Mali, Niger and northern Nigeria now have to contend with the rise of Boko Haram.
And then there is the general, cultural shift: Butler has noticed more of the women taking up the hijab.
And while she has been assured the women are wearing it for a fashion statement, rather than for religious reasons, she cannot be sure.
'It makes me very sad - you can see the regression,' Butler said.
Her fears are not alone. Andy Morgan, who managed Tuareg rockers Tinariwen, noted in 2013 some Tuareg considered the 'culture to be backward and irrelevant in the modern world, a folksy throw-back kept alive by meddling Western anthropologists'.
He continued: 'They would prefer their people to adopt Arabic, the language of the Quran and of the wider Muslim community... They deem certain other aspects of Tuareg culture, especially music and dance, to be licentious and ungodly and they object to the relative freedom and social power that Tuareg women enjoy.'
 

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Posted by xyyman (Member # 13597) on :
 
Tauregs. Link shows the diversity of "central" Africans!


 

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Posted by xyyman (Member # 13597) on :
 
according to the report. These are Turegs also



 

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Posted by Troll Patrol # Ish Gebor (Member # 18264) on :
 

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'They think they are superior to other races,' Butler said. 'They are very proud. They certainly consider themselves superior to us.

'Perhaps they consider other cultures a bit stupid and, dare I say it, primitive.'

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Tauregs. Link shows the diversity of "central" Africans!

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according to the report. These are Turegs also

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Originally posted by Troll Patrol # Ish Gebor:
Mena, I'm trying to figure out the intention and motive behind this writing?

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The motive is to show interesting pictures and show how Islamic militants want to take away their freedoms


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Those partnerships have since crumbled, but now the Tuareg living in south-western Libya face a new threat - that of ISIS - while those living in Mali, Niger and northern Nigeria now have to contend with the rise of Boko Haram.
And then there is the general, cultural shift: Butler has noticed more of the women taking up the hijab.
And while she has been assured the women are wearing it for a fashion statement, rather than for religious reasons, she cannot be sure.
'It makes me very sad - you can see the regression,' Butler said.
Her fears are not alone. Andy Morgan, who managed Tuareg rockers Tinariwen, noted in 2013 some Tuareg considered the 'culture to be backward and irrelevant in the modern world, a folksy throw-back kept alive by meddling Western anthropologists'.
He continued: 'They would prefer their people to adopt Arabic, the language of the Quran and of the wider Muslim community... They deem certain other aspects of Tuareg culture, especially music and dance, to be licentious and ungodly and they object to the relative freedom and social power that Tuareg women enjoy.'

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Originally posted by lamin:
It all goes back to Diop's "two cradle hypothesis" which argues that because traditional African societies were settled agriculturalist females had much more discretionary power than their counterparts in nomadic West Asian(Arab) and Eurasian societies where females have much less influence and power.

It would be stupid of the Tuaregs to be influenced away from their more gender equitable society to the primitive sand trekking customs of Arabs all because of some old, authors unknown, plagiarised text.

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Mama Africa!



 

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Posted by ausar (Member # 1797) on :
 
Akon-Mama Africa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fO5-PatoA8k


Marijata ----- Mother Africa----
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CMyfHOPmj4


ERIC MERCURY - WRAP ME IN A MAP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3P5tE5amMUA


SANTANA, Mother Africa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0on17eGwTw


Don't know about agricultural Kel taMasheq but as for LSA Algerian agriculture???


Susan McMillan saved these onto Pinterest but plagiarized part of my analysis
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/264586546834833277/

which can be read in full at
http://thenile.phpbb-host.com/sutra3396.php
TheNileValley Forum Index -> Foreign Relations of the Nile
Egypt, Africa and the Ancient World

• The absence of hands or their covering is one piece of
  evidence of the legedary or mythological significance
  of the figure. Even more so is the prescence of horns
  either growing directly from the head or as part of a
  headress. Then there is some sort of aura looking part
  of the drawing of the head that composes part of the
  forehead nose and upper lip. This "aura", mask, or
  headressing completely surrounds the short Afro style
  hair and sits up over the crown of the head above the
  hair. It's possible that what's taken for horns, actually
  represents something else that is associated with what looks
  like a field of grain or grass stretched between them. This
  "field" adds to the legendary/mythological interpretation and
  has something represented by medium sized dots under it that
  fills up the space between the "horns", borders the bottom of
  the "horns", and borders the face, neck, and collar of the figure.

 

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Posted by xyyman (Member # 13597) on :
 
I said before, based upon genetics, it seems like women were the dominant sex during and even long after our expansion OOA. Western society dominance has changed that. My belief is generally women make better leaders and decision makers. The testestrone and the pissing contest don't get in their heads.
 

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Posted by kdolo (Member # 21830) on :
 
"My belief is generally women make better leaders and decision makers. "

You must be nuts !
 

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Posted by mena7 (Member # 20555) on :
 
For centuries the nomadic Tuareg tribe have crossed the Sahara desert, sometimes being led by the blind who used their heightened sense of smell and taste to pick a safe path across the ever-shifting sands.

Their men became known as the 'blue men of the Sahara' because the dye from their distinctive indigo scarves rub off onto their faces giving them a mysterious air. The Tuareg evoke images of a long forgotten and romantic age.

But behind the ancient way of life is a culture so progressive it would even make some people in liberal western cultures blush. Women are allowed to have multiple sexual partners outside of marriage, keep all their property on divorce and are so revered by their sons-in-law that the young men wouldn't dare eat in the same room

What is even more surprising is that even though the tribe has embraced Islam they have firmly held onto some of the customs that would not be acceptable to the wider Muslim world.

It is the men, and not the women, who cover their faces, for example.

Photographer Henrietta Butler, who has been fascinated by the Tuareg since she first followed them through the desert in 2001, once asked why this was. The explanation was simple.

'The women are beautiful. We would like to see their faces.'

But this is certainly not the only place the Tuareg, related to the Berbers of North Africa, differ from the Muslim world of the Middle East, and even other parts of their own continent

Before a woman marries, she is free to take as many lovers as she wants.

'They turn a blind eye,' explained Butler. 'The young girls have the same great freedoms as the boys.'


THE BLUE MEN OF THE SAHARA: WHY DO THE MEN WEAR THE VEILS?


The indigo veils the Tuareg men wrap so carefully around the heads have caught the imaginations of storytellers, filmmakers and travellers ever since they first came into contact with Westerners in the early 1800s.

But why they wear the veils - which can cost hundreds, and are a source of great pride - is not known.

Some say it is a practical decision, to keep the dust away. Others suggest it is to protect from the bad spirits - although whether it is bad spirits escaping the mouths of the person, or those escaping the mouths of others, is unclear.

It is one of the many mysteries of the Tuareg, says Butler of the tribe she has been captivated by ever since her first trip.
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For years, the men of the Tuareg have been able to ride to a young woman's tent, and sneak into the side entrance - while his well-trained camel stands quietly and waits.

There, they will spend the night together - while the family, who all live in the tent, politely pretend not to notice.

Should the woman choose to welcome a different man into her tent the next day, so be it.

However, there is also a code of practice which none would dare break. Privacy is all important for this centuries old tribe of nomads, who once crossed the desert bringing dates, salt and saffron south, and slaves and gold north.

The idea of breaking the rules of courtship would be mortifying; as a result, the man is always gone before sunrise.

'The Tuareg are utterly discreet. Everything is done with utmost discretion and respect,' said Butler.

The relaxed customs around sexual partners has resulted in the girls getting married later than they may otherwise do, with the age of 20 not being uncommon.

Although, before then, they will have been wooed with poetry written by the men, who spend hours carefully crafting the words which they hope will win their beloved over.

But it is not a one-way street: the women are just as capable of putting pen to paper, using their own alphabet, taught to them by their mothers.

'The women also make poetry eulogising the men,' says Butler. 'There is high romance and idolatry.'

Unlike in so many other cultures, women lose none of their power once they marry either
















 

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Posted by xyyman (Member # 13597) on :
 
I am 100% male, swing a big stick and "he-man" as the make-em. And yes, as I have grown to realize that.

We need to get away from "Western European" thinking.

Slow down now. I am not saying all women are leaders. I am saying in a pool of leaders, of both sexes, the women have the edge making right decisions. We are not talking combat duty now. And in case you are wondering, no, I don’t think women are equal to men in combat. And they should NOT have equal duties in combat. There may be a few exceptions. So in battle …men …have the edge. Keep everything in perspective and emancipate your mind.

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"My belief is generally women make better leaders and decision makers. "

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