A Tuareg nomad stands near a 13th-century mosque in Timbuktu, Mali, March 19, 2004. Just as Timbuktu with its exotic staccato name is part of the lore of the Sahara, ...

The African-art scholar was fascinated by the Tuareg -- the proud North African nomads... The soul of the Sahara, brought alive in regal display SF Gate Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo ...

IN GALL, Niger — Sword at his side, compact mirror at the ready, a 6-foot-tall Sahara nomad named Efad Dadi squinted with determination and girded for the ancient trial of his desert people ...

Azima Ag Mohamed Ali was born and raised in the desert but came to Timbuktu to share the stories of the Sahara with travellers. As the sun neared the horizon, before the day's final call to prayer ...

In a Moroccan oasis town on the edge of the Sahara, nomads in turbans and tunics are thwacking a camel-wool ball across the desert in a traditional pastime: sand hockey.Similar in many ways to field ...

Your journey across the Sahara was especially inspired by Leo Africanus. Explain why you call him “the greatest travel writer of his age.” He grew up in Fez, Morocco, the nephew of an ...

The lords of the desert have become the beggars of the towns as persistent drought and an expanding desert force them to sell their herds and give up their nomadic lifestyle.”The drought has ...

While the Sahara's captivating blue attire is becoming a relic from the past, in Mauritania, the fashion tradition is still alive and looks like it's here to stay.

It’s where his father, grandfather and many generations had lived as nomads in the Sahara. “We raised dromedaries (camels) and goats,” said Salem. “We sold goat milk, or the whole goat.

In a Moroccan oasis town on the edge of the Sahara, nomads in turbans and tunics are thwacking a camel-wool ball across the desert in a traditional pastime: sand hockey.

M’HAMID EL GHIZLANE, Morocco — In a Moroccan oasis town on the edge of the Sahara, nomads in turbans and tunics are thwacking a camel-wool ball across the desert in a traditional pastime: Sand ...