Note on the origin of Tuareg's sword blades

[Yvain]

Hi everyone !

As Jim very kindly shared with me some interesting articles regarding the takouba swords of the Tuareg, I thought that I might try translating those wrote in French for a larger audience.

As English isn't my first language, I apologize in advance for any mistake or weird turn of phrase. (Though I must say that Lhote writting isn't really easy to translate, or even read, even though I'm a native French speaker !)

Anyway, let me know what you thought of it and if it was useful to you, and I'll most likely try to translate some others later on !

(And feel free to share this one if you want !)