Dailly assignment : Challege Between Nomads and Farmers

Topic : Challenge Between Nomads and Farmers

For many African people, life has changed dramatically in recent years. The Tuareg people
of north central Africa also called nomads did not have permanent homes. They traveled across the Sahara desert in caravans of camels, carrying goods between Arab in the north and south. Those Tuaregs didn't belong either south nor north African. People often called them the "blue men" because they always dress in blue and event shoes. They recognized them as great travelers in the manner that they found easily their way across the desert. There were traders and raised animals like cows, sheets, or horses that they sold or exchanged to the farmers with another products like food or fruits. Quarrels often oppose them with farmers because their animals likely destroyed farmers crops. Since they do not have permanent houses, farmers could not control them. Once their animals caused damages somewhere, they might changed there area without paying for the damage and that is why conflicts permanently exists between them and the farmers. At the end of the twentieth century, when many African countries got their independence and they fixed international borders, The Tuaregs had the obligation to limit their movements. They could not cross borders anyhow. Also the intensification of desert reduced the grassland and the Tuaregs lost most of their animals including the camels. They didn't have more chance to move. Most of them found areas which have water and started practicing agriculture. Today we don't more hear about nomads.

Written by David Lateu