Issouf ag Maha (
Agadez
Agadez ( Air Tamajeq: ⴰⴶⴰⴷⴰⵣ, ''Agadaz''), formerly spelled Agadès, is the fifth largest city in Niger, with a population of 110,497 based on the 2012 census. The capital of Agadez Region, it lies in the Sahara desert, and is also ...
, February 27, 1962) is a
Niger
)
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, languages_type = National languages[Tuareg
The Tuareg people (; also spelled Twareg or Touareg; endonym: ''Imuhaɣ/Imušaɣ/Imašeɣăn/Imajeɣăn'') are a large Berber ethnic group that principally inhabit the Sahara in a vast area stretching from far southwestern Libya to southern Alg ...](_blank)
writer.
In his works, he talks about the tragedy of his people in
Arlit
Arlit is an industrial town and capital of the Arlit Department of the Agadez Region of northern-central Niger, built between the Sahara Desert and the eastern edge of the Aïr Mountains. It is 200 km south by road from the border with ...
region and criticises the
uranium
Uranium is a chemical element with the symbol U and atomic number 92. It is a silvery-grey metal in the actinide series of the periodic table. A uranium atom has 92 protons and 92 electrons, of which 6 are valence electrons. Uranium is weak ...
exploitation, as well as the unusual
Kolleram cardboard phenomenon. He served in the Nigerien Army in the mid-to-early 1980s, in order to save up money for publishing his own books, and to support his family and wife.
Works
* ''Les Mystères du Niger'' (La Cheminante, 2004)
* ''Touaregs du XXI
e siècle'' (Grandvaux, 2006)
* ''Touareg. Le destin confisqué'' (Tchinaghen Editions, Paryż 2008)
References
1962 births
Berber Nigeriens
Living people
Tuareg people
Nigerien writers
People from Agadez
Berber writers
Date of birth missing (living people)
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