Tuareg women take care of their goats in the camp near Oued Timia - Niger

Tima using her goat´s milk to make a cheese called Tukemarine. (Toufouchi, Aïr, Niger)

The trees feed the goats, which feed the nomads (Nord-Aïr / Niger)

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Niger - Aïr - Dabous (Aïr occidental) - Fresque animale : girafe, caprins (?), etc. Noter le trait profond de la gravure, en dépit de l'allure « équestre » de la girafe qui mesure des naseaux à la queue 1,15 m.

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Algérie - Maghreb - Taghit - Grande fresque montrant de nombreux bovidés et caprins orientés dans les deux sens. Il n'y a que deux figurations d'homme sous forme de petites gravures schématiques légèrement à droite du centre, en bas de la fresque. En haut, encore plus à droite, on observe une main et un pied gravés. La dalle mesure entre 1,70 m et 2 m de hauteur et 4,50 m de longueur.

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Algerie - Tadrart - El Beridj - Retour au type d'homme «diabolo». Cette fresque, peinte à l'ocre rouge et à la peinture blanche, se situe dans un abri profond au plafond bas. On y voit des personnages, un cavalier, des chiens, des chèvres ... Un personnage peint en blanc (le «Kokopelli» selon les ethnographes des Indiens) jouant de la flûte. Il mesure 0,15 rn de hauteur.

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Algerie - Tassili-n'Ajjer - Ouan Bender - Cette photo et les suivantes, jusqu'à SAR-451, appartiennent au même abri. On voit ici une grande fresque qui se poursuit sur la page opposée (photo SAR-448). On remarque plusieurs personnages au milieu d'un bétail dispersé. Le petit bovidé situé en haut, légèrement à droite du milieu, est celui représenté par la photo SAR-445. Le panneau mesure 2,85 m de largeur.

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Algerie - Tassili-n'Ajjer - Ouan Bender - Suite de la photo SAR-446 qui se raccorde sur sa gauche. En haut de ce document, légèrement à gauche derrière le bovidé, curieuse figure zoomorphe représentant, selon Y. Tschudi, deux gazelles. Il y a des girafes, des caprins, des bovins, des personnages. Largeur du panneau figuré : 3,36 m.

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Algerie - Tassili-n'Ajjer - Ouan Bender - Grand mouflon peint en blanc et évoquant les mêmes animaux liés aux «têtes rondes». Bel ensemble polychrome de bovidés, antilopinés, caprins, humains ... D'une corne de mouflon à l'autre : 0,53 m.

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Algerie - Tassili-n'Ajjer - Séfar - Situation du «Martien» dans la fresque de Séfar. Largeur du panneau ici représenté : 8 m.

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Algerie - Tassili-n'Ajjer - Séfar - Personnages étranges. Celui de droite aurait une tête évoquant un pachyderme si la trompe ne se terminait en fourche. Il porte une ceinture à large queue et tient de la main gauche un panier (?). Derrière lui, un individu à ceinture le menace d'une massue tenue haut dans la main droite. Le panier tenu par l'individu de droite mesure 0,28 m de large. L'animal à gauche est peut-être un caprin (?).

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Algerie - Tassili-n'Ajjer - Séfar - On voit, ici, des chèvres ou des moutons attachés «à la corde». Ce qui leur donne une impression d'ordre étonnante. En dessous, il y a une structure rouge prolongée vers le bas par des traits en V. On voit aussi des archers esquissés au trait peint puis des personnages dans une structure rouge, des bovidés et des archers plus tardifs traités en gris foncé. Diamètre du cercle : 0,25 m.

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Tchad - Tibesti - Gonoa - Scène pastorale gravée par piquetage dans un style très décadent. Le premier archer, à droite, mesure 0,41 m de haut.

The shadows are getting longer
The evening arrives and the shepherdess returns to the oasis with her little herd of goats.
Algeria - Djanet - 1967

An extraordinary picture! Goats pulling a cart in Choluteca, Honduras. - 1977

The shadows are getting longer, evening is coming. The shepherdess returns to the oasis with her meagre herd of goats. In the background, the Arab village of Azzelouaz, which together with the Tuareg-inhabited Adjahil and the predominantly black El Mihan forms the most important oasis in southern Algeria, Djanet. - Algeria - 1962

Somewhere in the Tassili, a Targui returns home; and nothing in his posture, nothing in his surroundings, nothing in his clothes yet makes us think that the mineral resources of the Sahara will one day turn him into a man of the distant 21st century. And yet ... ! - Algeria - 1962

Nomadic Tubu herders on their way to Bardaï. While the men go on foot, pushing their donkeys and goats in front of them, the camels, heavily loaded, close the march. In the distance, the spiky triangle of the Botoum peak (2416 m altitude) rises up. - Tibesti - Chad - 1967

Caravan of Tubu nomads on the track leading to Bardaï. The men walk, the camels trotting behind the donkeys and the goats, carrying heavy loads. In the background, the rugged triangle of Pic Botoum. - Tibesti - Chad - 1967

A herd of goats rests by a pool formed during the rainy season. 46 km north-east of Tahoua - Niger - 1970

Situation of the "Martian" in the Séfar fresco. The width of the mural depicted here measures 8 m. Algeria - Tassili n'Ajjer - 1993

An archer appears to be kneeling before a stylised mouflon. Below left are two elephant heads. Below right, a person in a long tunic that is tight at the waist. From the front paw to the back paw: 0.30 m. Algeria - Tassili n'Ajjer - Séfar - 1993

Rock engraving, found on the left side of the Wadi Tagueït. - Niger - 2001

A herd of goats in the upper part of the Oued Agamgam, descending from the high plateau of Takolokouzet - Aïr - Niger - 2001

A herd of goats descending from the high plateau of Takolokouzet - Aïr - Niger - 2001

Preparing food in the Kel-Tédélé-Tuareg camp - Oued Gouloukou - Kogo - Aïr - Niger - 1992

A goat being milked - Kel-Tédélé-Tuareg camp - Oued Gouloukou - Kogo - Aïr - Niger - 1992

The well of Faris. Right beside it grows an Aborak tree, a desert date palm (Balanites aegyptiaca) - Air - Niger - 1992

The fruits of an acacia tree - called afagag in the Tuareg language - serve as fodder for the goats - Adrar Chiriet - Aïr - Niger - 1992

The goats are supplied with water - Well of Tezirzek- Niger - Aïr - 1992

The Guelta Mirroir in the valley of the Gueltas (waterholes), in the northern part of the Tamgak massif, also called Zakkat - Aïr - Niger - 2002

Camp at a guelta in the gorge between the two Tamgak mountain ranges - Note that the bush serves as a pantry - Aïr - Niger - 2000

Two Targias lead their goats to a new feeding place in the Oued Timia - Niger - Aïr - 1992

Chemma has set up camp on the edge of the Tamgak Mountains - The goats are taken from the pasture in the evening - Niger - Aïr - 2001

Acacia raddiana (called Afagag in the Tuareg language) grows in dry areas and has many uses. The species is common in the driest areas along temporary watercourses on light, well-drained soils. Although the wood is not used industrially, it has many local uses, not least because of its importance for feeding animals and occasionally people (famines). In traditional medicine, Acacia raddiana is known to be a particularly effective wound-healing agent. The wood is a much sought-after fuel (firewood and charcoal) and a favorite material for handicrafts (mortars, bowls, etc.) - Camp Chemma - Niger - Aïr - Iberkom - 2001

In the Chemma camp in Iberkom - Niger - Aïr - 2001

Tima uses goat's milk to make cheese called Tukemarine - Toufouchi camp - Niger - Aïr - 2001

Everywhere on earth the wind helps to separate the wheat from the chaff - Targia Raisa with her children Fatima and Hamed -Toufouchi camp - Niger - Aïr - 2001

Nomad tents in Boubakar camp - Niger - Aïr - 2001

Milking a goat must be practised - Boubakar camp - Niger - Aïr - 2001

The wealth of a Tuareg clan is reflected in the number of goats - Boubakar camp - Niger - Aïr - 2001

Milking a goat must be practised - Boubakar camp - Niger - Aïr - 2001

The wealth of a Tuareg clan is reflected in the number of goats - Boubakar camp - Niger - Aïr - 2001

The well Tanet Mellet (= small beautiful well) at the camp of Bachar - Niger - Aïr - 2001

The vital water is poured into the drinking trough for the animals - Tanet Mellet well - Bachar camp - Niger - Aïr - 2001

At the well Tanet Mellet - On the left the chief Bachar - Niger - Aïr - 2001

At the well of Eghaghar or Erarar - Aïr - Niger - 2001

In the camp at the confluence of the Tamgak and Zakkat rivers - Aïr - Niger - 2001

Landscape at the camp near the confluence of the Tamgak and Zakkat rivers - The goat herd is led to pasture - Aïr - Niger - 2001

Landscape at the camp in the area of the confluence of the Tamgak and Zakkat rivers - The goat herd is led to pasture - Aïr - Niger - 2001

The dark-coloured tree is an acacia (called afagag in the Tuareg language), the light-coloured tree is a liana. Both often grow together in symbiosis - Zakkat - Aïr - Niger - 2001

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