The
Kel Adagh (var.
Kel Adrar,
Kel Adghagh, less commonly
Kel Ifoghas) are a Toureg confederation of clans (or "
Drum-Groups") living in the region of the Adrar des Iforas highlands in
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. The name comes from Tamasheq "
Kel" ("those from/of") and "
Adagh" ("
Mountains"). In the modern era, not all Toureg in the Adrar des Iforas are Kel Adagh, while some Kel Adagh are spread through northern
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and southern
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, with populations in Aïr,
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and the Hoggar.
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The
Kel Adagh (var.
Kel Adrar,
Kel Adghagh, less commonly
Kel Ifoghas) are a Toureg confederation of clans (or "
Drum-Groups") living in the region of the Adrar des Iforas highlands in
MaliMali, officially the Republic of Mali , is a landlocked nation in Western Africa. Mali is the seventh largest country in Africa, bordering Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west...
. The name comes from Tamasheq "
Kel" ("those from/of") and "
Adagh" ("
Mountains"). In the modern era, not all Toureg in the Adrar des Iforas are Kel Adagh, while some Kel Adagh are spread through northern
NigerNiger , officially the Republic of Niger is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east...
and southern
AlgeriaAlgeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country located in North Africa. It is the largest country on the Mediterranean sea, the second largest on the African continent and the eleventh-largest country in the world in terms of land area.It is bordered by Tunisia in...
, with populations in Aïr,
Tassili n'AjjerTassili n'Ajjer is a mountain range in the Sahara desert in southeast Algeria, North Africa. It extends about 500 km from east-south-east to , and the highest point is Adrar Afao, 2158 m, at...
and the Hoggar. 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
-History:Before the colonization by the French of the North African and Sahel countries they dwell in, the nomadic Tuareg federations elected a chief among the wise men of the tribes to rule the loose union of closely related groups.¨...
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