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This Book
was published by XLibris in the spring of 2006, and it is authored by Helene E. Hagan, an anthropologist born in Morocco.
It is available in both hard cover and soft cover formats.
ISBN HARDCOVER 1-4257-1537-0
ISBN
SOFTCOVER 1-4257-0453-0
Available at XLibris.com/bookstore - International orders: orders@xlibris.com
and also at amazon.com
Another title by Helene E. Hagan, also available through XLibris, amazon.com and
borders.com, is "The Shining Ones: an Etymological Essay on the Amazigh Roots of Ancient Egyptian
Civilization " (2001) ALSO, 2011 PUBLICATION OF NEW TITLE, "TAZZ'UNT,
ECOLOGY, RITUAL AND SOCIAL ORDER IN THE TESSAWT VALLEY OF THE HIGH ATLAS OF MOROCCO." (XLIBRIS, 118 PAGES)
Tuaregjewelry.org is a project of TAZZLA INSTITUTE
FOR CULTURAL DIVERSITY, a 501c3 charitable and educational non-profit organization which raises awareness of Amazigh (Berber
and Tuareg) issues, culture and identity.
TAZZLA INSTITUTE
FOR CULTURAL DIVERSITY was created in 1993 and has been active in California, nationally in the US, and internationally at
the United Nations. Our main web site URL is at http://www.tazzla.org
Click here for TAZZLA INSTITUTE WEB SITE
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| Group Tidawt at UCLA, Nov. 2006 |
The primary purpose of publishing
this book in 2006 was to inform an anglophone readership of the history, culture and traditions of the Tuareg people of northern
Niger, and in doing so, to help raise funds for the Sahara Desert schools of our partners in northern Niger, the Tuareg NGO
OVD Tedhilt. Our friend Issyad Ag Kato, President of Tedhilt, no longer heads that organization, and political
circumstances have negatively impacted the schools in recent history, so in the past two years, royalties have gone to support
Tuareg activities in the US. Unfortunately, David and Lucile Myers were never able to finance their project and
did not sponsor this book in Australia as had originally been planned. As of 2011, the book has otherwise accomplished
the goals set for it, and continues to offer well researched, reliable material for anyone interested in the symbolism of
Tuareg jewelry as well as historical information regarding Tuareg groups of Niger.
The book TUAREG JEWELRY, TRADITIONAL
SYMBOLS AND PATTERNS
offers over 100 outstanding photographs, and is carefully documented and researched by Helene E.
Hagan, an anthropologist native of Morocco specialist in Amazigh studies, in collaboration with a team of international scholars,
including Lhabib Fouad of The Royal Institute of Amazigh studies, Morocco, and Mohamed Ag Ewangaye, a Tuareg Art expert of
Niger.
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Old Moroccan Berber necklace used for front cover of the book.
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