Kel Adagh

The Kel Adagh (var. Kel Adrar, Kel Adghagh, less commonly Kel Ifoghas) are a

Tamasheq "Kel" ("those from/of") and "Adagh" ("Mountains"). In the modern era, not all Tuareg in the Adrar des Iforas are Kel Adagh, while some Kel Adagh are spread through northern Niger and southern Algeria, with populations in the Aïr Mountains, Tassili n'Ajjer, and the Hoggar Mountains

. Most Kel Adagh derive from Noble and Warrior castes and their tributaries.

Noble Kel Adagh in Ifoghas include:

Kel Afella (North) : tributaries of the
Amenokal
of Adagh.
Kel Taghlit
Kel Essouk (Religious caste tributary group)
Kel Ouzzeyn
Ifergoumessen
Iriyaken

Tributaries include around forty tribes, the more notable of which are :

Taghat Mellet ("Those of the white horse")
Idnan
Ibatanaten

2012 Tuareg rebellion

In the months leading up to the 2012 Tuareg rebellion, the

Iyad ag Ghaly reportedly attempted to take on the leadership of Kel Adagh, but was rejected. He responded by founding the Islamist group Ansar Dine.^[1]

In early 2012, the Tuareg fighters of the

TIME describes Kel Adagh as "the Tuareg group most closely aligned with the rebellion".^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Cavendish, Julius (31 March 2012). "The Fearsome Tuareg Uprising in Mali: Less Monolithic than Meets the Eye". TIME Magazine. Archived from the original on January 5, 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2012.

Portions of this article were translated from the French language Wikipedia article fr:Kel Adagh, 2008-08-26.

[TIME-1] Cavendish, Julius (31 March 2012). "The Fearsome Tuareg Uprising in Mali: Less Monolithic than Meets the Eye". TIME Magazine. Archived from the original on January 5, 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2012.

[1]

2012 Tuareg rebellion

See also

References