The Ikelan (Éklan/Ikelan or Ibenheren in Tamasheq; Bouzou in Hausa; Bella in Songhai; singular Akli) are a caste within Tuareg society, who were at one...

from other castes. The Ikelan's Nilotic extraction is denoted via the Ahaggar Berber word Ibenheren (sing. Ébenher). The word ikelan itself is plural form...

party in the Ménaka Cercle area of Mali. It was seen as a party of the Ikelan, although many supporters were from the Imghad population. UMADD was established...

in his sultanate. He made land available to their enslaved farmers, the Ikelan, near the villages of Zermou, Baban Tapki, Dogo, Droum and Gouna. At the...

80% dominance of the Koyra Chiini language. With Tamashek spoken by both Ikelan and ethnic Tuaregs, its use declined with the expulsion of many Tuaregs...

populations were either dependents of higher caste Tuareg pastoralists or the Ikelan ( Bouzou in Hausa / Bella in Songhai),Tuareg slaves. These peoples were...

Rimmayɓe, Dimaajo, and less often Ɓaleeɓe, the Fulani equivalent of the Tuareg Ikelan known as Bouzou (Buzu) or Bella in the Hausa and Songhay languages respectively...

literature Bella Center, a congress and exhibition center in Copenhagen, Denmark Ikelan, a Tuareg caste, called Bella in the Songhay language Zündapp Bella, a motor...

for its animal market. The animal market was founded in the 1940s by some Ikelan people who were regularly robbed and beaten at other markets. In 1971, an...

the small sedentary population is today made up of several hundred mostly Ikelan (or Bouzou in Hausa / Bella in Songhai), former slaves and captives of the...