Kella

Kella is the daughter born to Tin Hinan in the Hoggar and the eponymous ancestress of the Kel Rela (Kel Ghela), the aristocratic drum-group that dominated the Kel Ahaggar confederation. Through her the nobility trace their descent to Tin Hinan by an unbroken matriline, in keeping with the strongly matrilineal cast of Tuareg genealogical reckoning.

Parentage

• Tin Hinan

Domains

• ancestry

Powers

• give her name to the ruling Kel Rela

Relations

• parent: Tin Hinan

Sources

• Charles de Foucauld, foundation legend of the Kel Ahaggar, in 'Dictionnaire touareg-francais' (1951-52)
• Henri Lhote, 'Les Touaregs du Hoggar' (Paris: Payot, 1944)