Ikelan

This artist does not refer to a specific group of named individuals (such as a band or musical group) but rather defines the collective term for a caste of Black Tuareg pastoralist people inhabiting the Saharan interior in Algeria, Burkina Faso, Libya, Mali and Niger. Please use this "artist" name (or any language variation thereof, via an ANV) for Ikelan, Iklan, Bela, Bella people. The Iklan or Ikelan is the caste of slaves within the Tuareg. Other castes within the Tuareg community are the Imouchar (nobles), Imr'ar (vassals), Inislimen (holy men), Enaden (artisans). In the oases and settlements there's also a class of freed slaves called Harratin.