In Mali, the name Azawak is used for the area, while in Niger, Azawagh is often used. In Niger, Azawagh generally includes the towns of Abalagh (Abalak), In Tibaraden (Tchin-Tabaraden), Tiliya, In Gal, Tabalaq, a village where the sole lake of the region is located.
Azawad Region is generally flat, its 80.000 square kilometers forming vast, arid plains broken by occasional ridges . The scarps separate a series of sandstone plateaus, the highest of which is reaching an elevation of 500 meters (1,640 ft), often rich in minerals, rise above the plateaus. Approximately three-fourths of Azawad area is desert or semidesert. As a result of extended, severe drought, the desert has been expanding since the mid-1960s.
In Moorish society musicians occupy the lowest caste, iggawin. Musicians from this caste used song to praise successful warriors as well as their patrons. Iggawin also had the traditional role of messengers, spreading news between villages. In modern Mauritania, professional musicians are paid by anybody to perform; affluent patrons sometimes record the entertainment, and they, rather than the musicians themselves, are then considered to own the recording. Traditional instruments include an hourglass-shaped four-stringed lute called the tidinit and the woman's kora-like ardin. Percussion instruments include the tbal (a kettle drum) and daghumma (a rattle).
Some of these movements have claimed it as part of a wider pan-Saharan Touareg homeland, while others have been content to demand improved services and/or autonomous status for the region. In late 2006, a flare-up in fighting in the Kidal Region was ended by Algerian mediation between the central government and Touareg rebels.
As Mali gained independence in 1960, Azawad become a part of Mali territory With independence, numbers of indigenous Black African peoples (soudanais or Haratines) And white peoples or Azawadis ( Arab and Touareg ) were lived peacefully in this State, with their brother citizens in Mali.
Many of these inhabitants (Azawadis) became clerks, soldiers, and administrators. By increasing pressure to Arabize many aspects of Malian’s life specially their own Region (Azawad) , such as education.
A schism developed between those Moors who consider Azawad as a part of Arab countries, and those who seek a dominant role for the non-Moorish peoples even in this region, with various models for containing the country's cultural diversity suggested, but none implemented successfully. This ethnic discord was evident during intercommunal violence that broke out in 12/05/ 1991 (the " 1991 Events") , directly after killing of about 50 men of Arab civilians , Azawadis considered this event as a racism politic against them, a big assassination was happened and a lot of innocent people died from both sides , the Azawadi people left their home to stay in refugies mainly in Mauritania , Algeria and Burkina Faso.
The discovery of oil in 2006 in Azawad territory and the War anti-Terorrism specially after repports indicated presence of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb in this area, these issues will open the page of the crisis (conflict between Government of Mali and the Azawadi rebels) calling for an independent territory in their own region, or at least their rights in equality and dignity according to human rights organization, Azawadi people were victims of terror the Ex-Mali Government and need for help to live normal life even after their return to Mali after the agreement between Revolunist of Azawad and Mali Government.
Category:Geography of Mali Category:Geography of Niger Category:Prehistoric Africa Category:Irredentism Category:Tuareg
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