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Tahar Abbou, Ph.D. in African Civilization, associate professor at University Ahmed Draia, Adrar. I am Lifetime Member at the West African Research Association (WARA), Boston University, and a member of a working-team on manuscripts (The Laboratory of Algerian Manuscripts in Africa). I am also a member of the Platform of Algerian Manuscripts (PAM) My areas of interest are: the ancient empires and Kingdoms in West Africa, Slavery (Trans-Atlantic and Trans-Saharan slave trade), the Gold Coast (pre-colonial and colonial periods), manuscripts, Sufism, Berber studies and anthropological studies on the regions of Tuat, Gurara and Tidikelt.

Selected publications:​

1.The Pilgrimage to the Mausoleum of Sidi Shaykh” In: The Many Voices of Pilgrimage and Reconciliation, Edited by Ian S. McIntosh and Lesley D. Harman, CABI, UK.    

2. “The Pilgrimage to Zawyet Sidi al-Haj Belqacem”, The Reflective Practitioner, Department of Arts and Communication Annual Publication, Manila, The Philippines, Vol.4, 2019, pp. 63-74.

3. "The Pilgrimage to the Grand Magal in Ṭūbā, Senegal," International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage: Vol. 10: Iss. 4, Article 3, 2020 DOI

 4. “A History of Gurara Berber”, The Journal of African Languages and Literatures (JALaLIT), 4/2023, 104-119, DOI ,

     spoken and written languages: Arabic, English, French, Gurara Berber