Words of the desert, in Tamasheq and Arab

Mohamed Hamza, poet and teacher of Tamasheq, tells us about the word “Tenere” in the language of the Tuareg. We know the word for referring to the desert of this region, but for the Tuareg it also has another meaning, which you’ll discover here…

As for the term “Sahara“, we learn that it has nothing to do with a Berber word, although the Berber people are all over this part of the continent…

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Image & sound: Arnaud Contreras
Editing: Caroline Laurent