The Tuareg

ESEARCHERS seldom find it easy to gain access to a foreign culture when collecting materials, and it was anticipated that getting to know the nomadic Tuareg of Libya would be both difficult and time consuming. So it was, but a rare opportunity made it possible for us to undertake the fieldwork necessary to set up a project. Our aim was twofold: (1) to obtain live knowledge of the music and dances of the Tuareg and (2) to establish the foundation for a later study that would focus on the extent of influence exerted by black Africa on the traditional music of the Tuareg. I wish to acknowledge here the collaboration of two of my graduate students in the Music Education Department at the University of Michigan, Fawzi El-Giernazi and Abdalla El-Sibaei; they were fully involved in all aspects of the project from the beginning to its completion in 1983.* Prior to visiting Libya, I spent considerable time in studying its history and culture, particularly that of the Tuareg; listening to its music; and watching videotapes of song and dance performances. Since my student co-researchers had worked among the Tuareg for several years before coming to the United States, we felt well prepared to begin the project when we took our initial trip to Libya in the Spring of 1980. This trip was underwritten by grants from the University of Michigan Horace Rackham Faculty Research Grants Program and from El-Fateh University in Tripoli, Libya. Later trips were made in the summers of 1981 and 1982 by Mr. El-Giernazi and Mr. El-Sibaei

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