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100 1 _aCarbou, Henri,
_d1882-1973
245 1 3 _aLa région du Tchad et du Ouadaï; études ethnographiques, dialecte Toubou, Tome 1 (de 2)
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2026
300 _a1 online resource :
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490 1 _aPublications de la Faculté des lettres d'Alger. Bulletin de correspondance africaine ; t. XLVII
500 _aRelease date is 2026-03-17
508 _aGalo Flordelis (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Library of Congress)
520 _a"La région du Tchad et du Ouadaï; études ethnographiques, dialecte Toubou, Tome…." by Henri Carbou is a scientific ethnographic and linguistic study written in the early 20th century. It examines the peoples around Lake Chad and the Ouaddaï, combining historical synthesis with field notes and a practical sketch of the Toubou dialect, with special attention to the Kanem-Bornu sphere and its ethnic groups. The opening of this volume presents the purpose and scope of the study, acknowledges reliance on explorers and scholars like Barth and Nachtigal, and explains the inclusion of a Toubou (Dazagada) dialect outline while noting that an Arabic dialect section was published separately. It then begins with the Kanem peoples, focusing on the Kanembou: the meaning and formation of their name, debates over dynastic origins (Arab, Berber/Bardoa, or Toubou), and a synthesized narrative of migrations and state formation from Kanem to Bornu, including wars with Toubou and Boulala and the rise of rulers such as Idris Alaoma. The account sketches later shifts—Toundjour control, Bornuan interventions, the arrival and dominance of the Oulad Sliman, Senussi involvement, and early French military actions—mainly to situate the region’s instability. It concludes this opening section with concise ethnography of the Kanembou (physique, Islamic practice, agriculture, social distinctions vis-à-vis Haddad, dance customs, clan lists and locales around Ngouri, Mao, Mondo, and the Lake Chad islands), establishing a framework for the detailed studies that follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cParis: Ernest Leroux, 1912
653 _aChad -- History
653 _aEthnology -- Chad
653 _aOuaddai (Chad) -- History
830 0 _aPublications de la Faculté des lettres d'Alger. Bulletin de correspondance africaine ; t. XLVII
856 4 _uhttps://www.loc.gov/item/81484374
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78226
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