He's there.
Wrapped in its superb, a
green-blue
takakat (long garment) and a white
tagelmust
(cheche).
His burning coal eyes fixed on the horizon.
Leaning on a stick, the bust leaning from years of effort to survey his land.
And what land!
“
It's beautiful, it's good!
condenses Agaoued Mechar, our Tuareg guide.
“
Picture, picture!
» he hastens to add, happy to know the foreign tourists authorized to return to the plateau of Tassili n'Ajjer in the Algerian Deep South, classified as a red zone (formally not recommended) by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 2008 .
To discover
Trips to Africa: tours, hotels and tailor-made stays from our partners
Raised at an altitude of 1200-2000 meters over 800 kilometers long, between 80 and 300 kilometers wide, on the borders of Libya and Niger, this ocean of rocks and sand seems to have fallen from the Moon: dry wadis, gaping canyons , excavated cliffs, calcined, crumbling, eroded sandstone blocks… In this chaos, Neolithic peoples painted their daily life, their beliefs and their myths…
This article is for subscribers only.
You have 93% left to discover.
Cultivating your freedom is cultivating your curiosity.
Keep reading your article for €0.99 for the first month
I ENJOY IT
Already subscribed?
Login
