Amenokal's an autochthonous title for the highest Tuareg traditional chiefs. History Before the colonization by the French of the North African and Sahel countries they dwell in, the nomadic Tuareg federations elected a chief among the wise men of the tribes to rule the loose union of closely related groups. ¨ In present Algeria, an amenokal was at the head of the Kel Ahaggar Tuareg confederation since its establishment (circa 1750), maintained under colonial French suzerainty since 1903, n… (More on Amenokal)