Many Malians denies that Azawad even exist, they say “Azawad only exist on the social media”. That is certainly just propaganda or pure ignorance.
Either they are ignorant to the history of Azawad or they know very well that Azawad exist, it just has not yet got back its rightful independence. They (meaning the Bamako authorities and their supporters) just don`t want Azawad to exist, because it does not suit their agenda which is genocide on the Azawadian population, because they want their land but not the population.
It has been explained in many articles in different places how France force-attached Azawad to their newly created state Mali in the year 1960 by drawing artificial borders, without regard to the people who lived there, and thus divided people, families and tribes.
And how the Azawadian leaders of the time demanded France to not attach their land to Mali. And this fact was also a part of an official statement by the Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov recently, and which shed light to the fact that it is the result of colonial injustice. And of course Russia talk in their own interests, but in any case, the border error has now been officially mentioned.
So we will share a few (there are hundreds of these old maps in existence!) of the old pre-colonial and colonial maps of Azawad that exist, and which proves without any doubt that Azawad is real, and that it existed long before Mali, and that it belongs to the Azawadian people. The dates of the maps shared here range from the sixteenth century to the end of the nineteenth century.
Added to that, the Tifinagh writings on the rocks is as we all know, another silent witness of the prescence of the ancestors of the Tuaregs, thousands of years old, and which the desert blues band Tamikrest also sing about in their song “Azawad“. Also the iconic band Tinariwen sing about Azawad, in two versions.
On these maps from the 1600s to the early 1900s, the name Azawad appears (with various spellings), but the name Mali does not. The name Macina is also on the maps before 1960.
After 1960, the name Azawad was removed and replaced with the name Mali due to the Malian illegal occupation. These are just a few of the older maps that have been documented; there are hundreds. The name Mali is nowhere to be seen before 1960.
Theres no doubt that the struggle for Azawad` s independence is legitimate and a just cause. It´s not “terrorism” like what the failing Malian authorities has tried to make the world believe since 1963. Using that term as an excuse to perform this ongoing genocide on the Azawadian population is grave violations of the human rights.
Maps 1584:
Maps 1600:
Map 1602:
Map 1854:
Map 1861:
Maps 1876:
(Tademekket) and (Awilmmiden) around the bend of the Niger River, these were Tuareg confederations before colonization.
This map has the words (Tuareg) written on it along this length on the right side.
Maps 1879-1880:
Map from 1898. The first English translation of this book was published in 1600, but the edition edited by Robert Brown, which contains this clear and accurate map, was published in 1898. But everything in it is taken from the description of Al-Wazzan (Leo Africanus) which he wrote in the 1600th century.
Maps 1914:
Maps 1928:
There are hundreds of these old maps with the name of the land Azawad on them, we will update this map collection when we get more maps scanned.
We share this in the interest of the history of Azawad, which actually has a very old history. The proof that these people lived there and that the Azawad land belongs to them are countless.
History cannot be erased. Ask the Tifinagh.
Azawadi Contexts
Azawad Support Group
22-10-25
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Disclaimer: All credit goes to the owners of the pictures, they are only used for educational purpose.