Tebu

Spring Bursts Among the Toubou in Libya’s Desert

By Karlos Zurutuza
"Can there possibly be anything more satisfying than teaching your own language to your own people?" Abdel Salam Wahali remarked to IPS. He is a teacher of Tebu, an ancient language which is experiencing a boom in post-Gaddafi Libya.

Tribes Keep Uneasy Peace in Southern Libya

By Rebecca Murray
Kaltoum Saleh, 18, is elated to graduate from her overcrowded high school in the remote Saharan town of Ubari, near the Algerian border.