Haratin
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The Haratin, also spelled Haratine or Harratin, are an ethnic group found in western Sahel and southwestern Maghreb. The Haratin are mostly found in modern Mauritania, Morocco, Western Sahara, Senegal
Haratin woman from Tafilalt, Morocco
Black Guard of Yusef of Morocco
Tassfift, a headband worn by Haratin women
In Mauritania, the use of Haratin girls as servants has attracted the attention of activists.
Gnawa
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The Gnawa are an ethnic minority inhabiting southern Morocco, who had been brought to Morocco as slaves from West Africa’s Sahel.
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…Ikelan Gnawa Ilahiane, Hsain (1998). The Power of the Dagger, the Seeds of the Koran, and the Sweat of the Ploughman: Ethnic Stratification and Agricultural…
A Gnawi
Gnaouas from Oran with their guembri.
Gnaoua in a North African Interior
Gnawa from Algiers with his guembri (circa 1906) by Jean Geiser (1848-1923).