Notes de l'Ifri - Tuaregs' Relations to States: The Case of Algeria and Libya Notes de l'Ifri, 2010, "The Maghreb in its regional and international environment" Program

The industrial revolution underwent by Europe in the 18th century has triggered the need for the major colonial powers to find new markets for their manufactured products. It is in this colonial competitive framework that European explorers delivered information about the different access roads, as well as the Tuareg tribes, notably the Kel Ajjer and the Kel Ahaggar.