"TUAREG JEWELRY: Traditional Patterns and Symbols" by Helene E. Hagan

[Agrawal]

"TUAREG JEWELRY: Traditional Patterns and Symbols" is the title of the new book by Helene E. Hagan.
Helene Hagan is an Amazigh Militant. She was born in Morocco and she’s now an American living in California. “Tuareg Jewelry” is her second book. To find more, visit http://www.tazzla.org.
Congratulations Helene Hagan.
Agrawal.

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Hello, Azul, bonjour,

This is to let you know about a new book which will be available in May-June through Barnes and noble.com, borders.com, amazon.com, as well as through xlibris.com and our web site URL http://www.tazzla.org

The book will also be sold in some bookstores in Australia.

On our web site, you will also find a link to the book's web site TUAREG JEWELRY USA (presently under construction) . Sometimes in May , that site will have a direct link to Xlibris for purchase of the book.

I am attaching HEREWITH the book cover (both soft and hard cover books will be available) and a PRESS RELEASE.

Our team enjoyed putting this book together. I hope our readers will also find some enjoyment in the stunning visual presentation of some 100 photos offered by several individuals familiar with the Amazigh culture, from Australia to Europe, Morocco to Niger , Canada and the USA.

The contents of the book were carefuly gathered by myself, Helene Hagan, and subsequently reviewed and approved by a prominent Tuareg scholar, while the design of the book was a very special custom job. The entire book is aesthetically elegant, presented on black glossy paper, and though its easy reading targets a general readership, it is grounded on sound scholarship and solid inside Amazigh information.

Finally, the proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to OVD Tedhilt, a Tuareg NGO of Niger headed by our Amazigh colleague Issyad Ag Kato , with thirteen schools for nomadic children in the desert.

Contributors:

Helene E. Hagan, Author and photography
Lucile C. Myers, book assistant, co-author (Australia)
Labhib Fouad, Tifinagh art by Yeschou (Morocco)
Mohamed Ewanghaye, Tuareg scholar (Niger), Book Review
Rene Goiffon, Paris and Los Angeles, photography
Sylvia Donon, Switzerland, photography and computer sketches
Silva Neilands, Canada, photography of Berber pieces
Artisanat Africain, Bordeaux, France, photography
Niger Bend, USA, photography of antique pieces of Tuareg jewelry
Efua Silver, New York, photography of modern pieces of Tuareg jewelry
Cathy Watt- Evans, Great Britain, Photography

Helene Hagan

 

[Agrawal]

TAZZLA INSTITUTE FOR CULTURAL DIVERSITY
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NEW Book Explores the Story of the Legendary Tuaregs and their Silver Jewelry
From the mysterious ancient Cross of Agadez to strikingly modern African jewels crafted by the Kel Tamasheq artisans of the Sahara

Burbank, CA – (May 1 2006) – Jewelry has been a manmade craft that has been evolving through the ages. Since ancient times up to modern wear, precious metal decorative objects have not only become body adornments and clothing accents but icons of cultural development, economic attainment, and lifestyle. Anthropologist Helene E. Hagan announces the release of her new book Tuareg Jewelry, a beautiful picture book that showcases the intricate jewelry of the Tuareg people in northern Niger, Africa.

While the Tuareg groups of northern Niger originally led a nomadic subsistence in the*difficult arid conditions of the Sahara desert for centuries, they developed a remarkably complex*society.**Their rich culture is reflected in the elaborate silver jewelry that is prominently found in Northern Niger and even Mali. Through her book, Tuareg Jewelry, author Helene Hagan unfolds the captivating story of the origins and development of the beautifully crafted jewels of the Tuareg men and women.**With the*assistance of Lucile Myers, a British born Australian student in Tuareg culture, and the precious participation of*Berber and Tuareg*art scholars, Lhabib Fouad of Morocco and Mohamed Ewanghaye of Niger, Helene Hagan presents a superb*glimpse into one area of the artistic production of the Amazigh people and culture of Africa.

Showcasing the striking details of the masculine jewelry and feminine adornment of the Tuaregs, seeing how the jewelry serves as markers along the steps of evolving relations and common*traditions for generations of Tuaregs, and understanding*the core values that*permeate this very distinctive African group and their lifestyle in the Sahara Desert—all of this and more make Hagan’s Tuareg Jewelry a prize collection for any library of anyone interested in the culture and history of Africa. Check out this book today!

About the Author
Helene Hagan is a leading anthropologist in the field of Amazigh studies published in the English language and a pioneer in this field. Amazigh Studies address the language, customs, identity, arts, and oral cultural heritage of Berber and Tuareg peoples of North Africa and the Sahara Desert. Her articles on a variety of topics related to the Amazigh culture have been published in The Amazigh Voice, a scholarly U.S. magazine. This book, her second, attempts to fill a void, as no major work has ever been published in the U.S. on the topic of Tuareg Jewelry and its symbolism. She has brought together a team of knowledgeable individuals in the overall production of this book, from Australia to Europe, and more importantly has relied on the enormously valuable knowledge of Tuareg artisans and experts themselves.

Tuareg Jewelry * by Helene E. Hagan (U.S.) and Lucile Meyers (Australia)
Traditional Patterns and Symbols
Trade Paperback; $42.99; 136 pages; 1-4257-0453-0; Cloth Hardback; $52.99; 136 pages; 1-4257-1537-0

To request a complimentary paperback review copy, contact the publisher at (888) 795-4274 x. 472. Tearsheets may be sent by regular or electronic mail to Marketing Services. To purchase copies of the book for resale, please fax Xlibris at (610) 915-0294 or call (888) 795-4274 x.876.

For more information, contact Xlibris at (888) 795-4274 or on the web at www.Xlibris.com.