People of the veil

Note 172 — Chapter V

Reading edition

Known by various native names. In Air the usual name is the Hausa form Tunfafia. Barth refers to it as Asclepias gigantica. It is called Turha or Toreha or Tirza in Temajegh, Turdja in Mauretania, Ushr in Egyptian and Korunka in Algerian Arabic.

Return to CHAPTER V Return to INDEX Return to INDEX Return to INDEX (continued 2)Return to INDEX (continued 2)Return to INDEX (continued 2)Return to INDEX (continued 2)Return to INDEX (continued 2)Return to INDEX (continued 2)