Tacfarinas Revolt

Algeria / Tunisia · 17–24 CE

“Hear Tacfarinas, the former Roman soldier who led North African resistance for seven years.”

Tacfarinas, a Numidian who had served in Roman auxiliary forces, deserted and led the Musulamii and allied groups against Rome from 17 to 24 CE. His fighters used mobility to raid farms, roads and forts across Roman Africa.

Jelikan · Ìtàn · A story is told at night

Sit by the fire.
The griot remembers.

244 tellings from the African Conflict Atlas, every one carried in the griot's own voice — empires and uprisings, taxes and stools, gold roads and broken promises. Told the way a griot tells them: by voice, by lesson, by question.

“A story, a story!”

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— and the circle answers: “Let it come, let it go.”

Sit by the fire.The griot remembers.

What shall the fire hear tonight?

Sit by the fire.
The griot remembers.