Azawagh Arabs

 ( Ethnic Groups In Niger ) 

The Azawagh Arabs () (also known as nomadic Moors) are nomadic Ethnicity Arabs-ancestry tribes who are settling mainly in the area of Azawagh which is a dry structural basin covering what is today northwestern Niger, as well as parts of northeastern Mali and southern Algeria.Paris (1995): p. 250.

Azawagh Arabs are named after the Azawagh region of the SaharaFor an introduction to the culture of the Azawagh Arabs, see Rebecca Popenoe, Feeding Desire — Fatness, Beauty and Sexuality among a Saharan People. Routledge, London (2003) and speak Hassaniya Arabic which is one of the regional varieties of Arabic.Popenoe (2003), p. 16-17.

• Azawagh
• Moors
• Baggara Arabs
• Diffa Arabs

Bibliography

• Rebecca Popenoe (2025). 9780415280969, Routledge. . ISBN 9780415280969