Takama
Tuareg · mortal · Tuareg traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Takama, the servant-companion of Tin Hinan in the Kel Ahaggar foundation legend, travelled with her mistress from the Tafilalt to the Hoggar and there became the ancestress of the vassal (imghad) tribes, among them the Dag Rali and the Ait Loaien. Where Tin Hinan's line is remembered as noble, Takama's is remembered as tributary, and the paired descent of the two women furnishes the traditional charter for the ranked order of Ahaggar society.
Domains
- ancestry
Powers
- found the vassal (imghad) lineages
Epithets
- taklit — the servant / bondwomanEncyclopedie berbere, s.v. 'Tin Hinan' (Aix-en-Provence: Edisud) (secondary)
Relations
- companion: Tin HinanMaidservant and travelling companion of Tin Hinan.Charles de Foucauld, Kel Ahaggar foundation legend, in 'Dictionnaire touareg-francais' (1951-52) (primary)
Sources
- Takama, servant-companion of Tin Hinan, is the ancestress of the vassal (imghad) tribes of the Ahaggar such as the Dag Rali and Ait Loaien.: Charles de Foucauld, foundation legend of the Kel Ahaggar, in 'Dictionnaire touareg-francais' (1951-52) (primary); Henri Lhote, 'Les Touaregs du Hoggar' (Paris: Payot, 1944) (secondary)