The Hmida "Timbuktu-Ghadamis" Trans-Saharan Network in the Nineteenth Century: The Northern Saharan Shore

This paper concentrates on the educational backgrounds of slaves who were employed as agents in the Ghadamsi- network of I-sa- b. Hmi-da al-Ghada-misi-. It is an examination of this network from the northern shore of the Sahara desert, focusing on slaves. I argue that slaves were educated and inculcated the basics of the network habitus to make them dynamic and independent agents. Also, I am interested in the memory of this network and if the relationships between the North and the South shores of the Sahara are maintained and how the Ghadamsi- think about them nowadays.