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Post by syriano on Oct 6, 2005 17:24:05 GMT -5
very little info about Mauritania
what's the ethnic make up?
are they mostly berber?
what about the language?
are they close to Morocco or are they different?
maybe fellow North Africans on the forum can give some info..
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Post by Igu on Oct 6, 2005 17:56:34 GMT -5
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Post by syriano on Oct 7, 2005 2:20:09 GMT -5
I see
well I am more interested in how they compare to other Noth Africans. are they say close to Moroccans or Algerians, or more different? (from your point)
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Post by Mazigh on Oct 7, 2005 3:33:12 GMT -5
i never was in mauritania, but from the reportages i saw, it has nothing to do with algerians and the moroccan or any other coastal north african country.
the mauriatainas and the Westeran Saharans [between morocco and mauritania] are not to distinguish from each other.
mauritania is the most backward country among the maghribain countries. they live in the sahara, and they have a similar life as the tuareg.
they mainly speak arabic [an arabic that is influenced by the berber language] because they are arabised mauritanians. and some of them speak the berber language, because they aren't yet arabised. they speak frensh because they were colonized by france.
the mauritanias are brown, maybe because they are burned by the hot sun, or because they are mixed with black africans. the slavery is still practiced in mauritania, i can guess.
i think i saw reportages made by their enemies ;D
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Post by Igu on Oct 7, 2005 4:58:34 GMT -5
They are very backward and primitive, especially the black population, once I saw a report about mauritania (unbelievable):
an American was swimming with a suit, when he came back to the beach, there were about 100 black guys trying to touch his skin (it was a blue suit not his skin).
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Post by Artanis on Oct 7, 2005 6:09:23 GMT -5
here's a pic of Mauritania's former president Maaouya Ould Sidi Ahmed Taya.  |
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Post by Mazigh on Oct 7, 2005 6:19:08 GMT -5
those girls are supposed to be in school:  |
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Post by Igu on Oct 7, 2005 6:44:51 GMT -5
The ruling cast: the beydhan:  |
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Post by syriano on Oct 7, 2005 8:21:04 GMT -5
I see
what about Tunesians?
they are mostly like North Algerians and Moroccans right?
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Post by Igu on Oct 7, 2005 9:16:54 GMT -5
yes not that different, but they have a lot of arab blood.
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