Editing Matrilineality (section)

==== Tuareg ====
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The [[Tuareg people|Tuareg]] (Arabic:طوارق, sometimes spelled Touareg in French, or Twareg in English) are a large [[Berbers|Berber]] ethnic confederation found across several nations in north Africa, including [[Niger]], [[Mali]] and [[Algeria]]. The Tuareg are ''clan''-based,<ref name=Haven07>Haven, Cynthia (23 May 07). http://news.stanford.edu/pr/2007/pr-tuareg-052307.html, "New exhibition highlights the 'artful' Tuareg of the Sahara," Stanford University. Archived https://archive.today/20121210143001/http://news.stanford.edu/pr/2007/pr-tuareg-052307.html on 10 December 2012.</ref> and are (still, in 2007) "largely matrilineal".<ref name=Haven07/><ref name=Spain92>Spain, Daphne (1992). ''Gendered Spaces''. University of North Carolina Press. {{ISBN|0-8078-2012-1}}; p. 57.</ref><ref name=Review66>{{cite journal |last1=Murphy |first1=Robert F. |title=Review of Ecology and Culture of the Pastoral Tuareg, with Particular Reference to the Tuareg of Ahaggar and Ayr |journal=American Anthropologist |date=1966 |volume=68 |issue=2 |pages=554–556 |doi=10.1525/aa.1966.68.2.02a00540 |jstor=669389 |doi-access=free }}</ref> The Tuareg are [[Muslim]], but mixed with a "heavy dose" of their pre-existing beliefs including matriliny.<ref name=Haven07/><ref name=Review66/>

Tuareg women enjoy high status within their society, compared with their [[Arab]] counterparts and with other Berber tribes: Tuareg social status is transmitted through women, with residence often [[Matrilocal residence|matrilocal]].<ref name=Spain92/> Most women could read and write, while most men were illiterate, concerning themselves mainly with herding livestock and other male activities.<ref name=Spain92/> The livestock and other movable property were owned by the women, whereas personal property is owned and inherited regardless of gender.<ref name=Spain92/> In contrast to most other Muslim cultural groups, men wear veils but women do not.<ref name=Haven07/><ref name=Review66/> This custom is discussed in more detail in the Tuareg article's [[Tuareg people#Clothing|clothing section]], which mentions it may be the protection needed against the blowing sand while traversing the [[Sahara|Sahara desert]].<ref>Bradshaw Foundation (2007 or later). http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/tuareg/index.php, "The Tuareg of the Sahara". Archived at https://archive.today/20120720193456/http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/tuareg/index.php on 20 July 2012.</ref>