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Jouve embarks for Dakar for a trip of several months in Africa. It crosses French West Africa and goes up towards Niger, to discover Hoggar, the Targui country. He brings back from this trip, superb evocations of Tuareg, He will illustrate The Book of the Bush by René Maran, using the drawings made in the African countries crossed.

At the beginning of 1934, he left for Egypt. He works at the Cairo Zoo, visits Luxor, Aswan, Karnak, and the Valley of the Kings. Jouve ends his stay by showing the works produced in an important exhibition in Cairo.

Caravane de Touaregs Oullimindens (vers 1931)

Caravane de Touaregs Oullimindens (vers 1931)

The sphinx and pyramid in Giseh, 1934

The sphinx and pyramid in Giseh, 1934

Three Tuaregs standing 1933

Three Tuaregs standing 1933

Three Tuaregs 1932

Three Tuaregs 1932

Tribal Chief with shield 1931

Tribal Chief with shield 1931

Tuareg sitting, 1931

Tuareg sitting, 1931

Tuareg sitting in front of his saddle, 1931

Tuareg sitting in front of his saddle, 1931

Mehari and Tuareg sitting, 1932

Mehari and Tuareg sitting, 1932

Hunter 1936

Hunter 1936

Cavalier arabe. C 1910.

Cavalier arabe. C 1910.