Like a mirage, the Touareg myth has vanished in the sands of the desert.
Lost in the Sahelian wars of the 21st century, overtaken by clans who want to impose Sharia law.
It seems a long time ago for these blue men proudly wearing their turban.
They inspired the dream in Westerners in search of escape.
Their elegant silhouette was then displayed on the front pages of magazines, on the windows of travel agencies.
In Europe, the consumer society was in full swing, the beginnings of globalization put the end of the world within reach of a charter flight.
We were going to have tea in the Sahara as we were going to "22" in Asnières.
Or almost.
A few more chills.
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A man had become the embodiment of this thirst for adventure.
His name clicked, like a slogan: Mano Dayak.
Nicknamed the king of the dunes, he was born in the north of Niger, near Agadez, among this people of Berber origin, of nomadic tradition and jealous of its peculiarities.
Germaine Tillion's ethnology class
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