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This is a list of nomadic people arranged by economic specialization and region. Nomadic people are communities who move from one place to another, rather than settling permanently in one location. Many cultures have traditionally been nomadic, but nomadic behavior is increasingly rare in industrialized countries .
During his time as qadi in north Africa, Ibn Abi Amir developed close ties with the North African Berbers. [ 112 ] : 186 Considerable resentment arose in Cordoba against the increasing numbers of Berbers brought from north Africa by al-Mansur and his children Abd al-Malik and Sanchuelo.
The development of Berberism in North Africa in the 1990s fostered a Tuareg ethnic revival. [42] Since 1998, three different flags have been designed to represent the Tuareg. [43] In Niger, the Tuareg people remain socially and economically marginalized, remaining poor and unrepresented in Niger's central government. [44]
The Bedouin, Beduin, or Bedu (/ ˈ b ɛ d u ɪ n /; [16] Arabic: بَدْو, romanized: badw, singular بَدَوِي badawī) are pastorally nomadic Arab tribes [17] who have historically inhabited the desert regions in the Arabian Peninsula, North Africa, the Levant, and Mesopotamia . [18]
Himba people, especially women, are famous for covering themselves with otjize paste, a cosmetic mixture of butterfat and ochre pigment. Otjize cleanses the skin over long periods due to water scarcity and protects from the hot and dry climate of the Kaokoland , as well as from insect bites.
Except for some elders living in rural areas, most Maasai people speak the official languages of Kenya and Tanzania—Swahili and English. [ 6 ] The Maasai population has been reported as numbering 1,189,522 in Kenya in the 2019 census, [ 1 ] compared to 377,089 in the 1989 census, though many Maasai view the census as government meddling and ...
The Eurasian component in the North African individuals was present at high rates of 84.9% for the Saharawi, and 76.0% for the Libyan. North African samples were closer to Eurasian populations than to Sub-Saharan populations, implying that the Sahara Desert might have represented a major barrier within Africa.
The Berber people of North Africa were traditionally farmers, living in mountains relatively close to the Mediterranean coast, or oasis dwellers. However, the Tuareg and Zenaga of the southern Sahara practice nomadic transhumance.