Category
page 1Berbers in Mauritania
Zenaga
moribund Amazigh (Berber) language of Mauritania and Senegal
Kunta
ethnic group in Mali, described as Arab or Berber tribe
Emirate of Trarza
emirate in Mauritania
Nasr ad-Din
Mauritanian religious leader
Godala
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The Godala or Gudāla is a Berber tribe in Western Africa that lived along the Atlantic coast in present-day Mauritania and participated in the Saharan salt trade and the salt mines of Ijiil. The Godala may be linked to or the same as the ancient Gaetuli tribe of Berbers.
Char Bouba War
war in north-west Africa, 1644–1674
Zawāyā
The Zawaya are tribes in the southern Sahara who have traditionally followed a deeply religious way of life. They accepted a subordinate position to the warrior tribes, whether Arab or Berber, who had little interest in spreading Islam. The Zawaya introduced Sufi brotherhoods to the black populations south of the Sahara. The jihad movements of the Fula people in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries have their origins with the Zawaya. Today the Zawaya are one of the two noble castes of Mauritania.