Adwaba
# Adwaba

Adwaba are agricultural villages in Mauritania, mainly inhabited by former slaves and other lower castes. A large of proportion of Mauritania's rural poor is made up of adwaba.

## Literature

Urs Peter Ruf (1999). Ending slavery: hierarchy, dependency, and gender in central Mauritania. Transcript Verlag, 1999. ISBN 9783933127495.

