Tchad Ma Culture
Ennedi-Est
North-eastern province, capital Am-Djarass (Amdjarass). Eastern part of the Ennedi massif, UNESCO World Heritage since 2016 together with Ennedi-Ouest. Rock art is documented from specialist sources, without locating vulnerable sites.
- Capital
- Am-Djarass
- Neighbours
- Libya, Sudan; Ennedi-Ouest, Wadi Fira.
A people, a language or a festival may concern several provinces. Administrative borders are not cultural borders.
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Overview
North-eastern province, capital Am-Djarass (Amdjarass). Eastern part of the Ennedi massif, UNESCO World Heritage since 2016 together with Ennedi-Ouest. Rock art is documented from specialist sources, without locating vulnerable sites.
Communities
Zaghawa / Bideyat / Kobe · Gorane / Daza
- Zaghawa / Bideyat / Kobe — Zaghawa, Bideyat, Kobe
- Gorane / Daza — Daza, including Kreda, Kecherda, and other Gorane lineages
From portraits already published in the archive. This is not a complete provincial inventory.
Subgroups present in the province
Subgroups attested by our sources in this province, with towns or villages tied to a tradition.
- Bideyat
- Area
- Ennedi Est
- Language or dialect
- Beria (Bideyat variety)
- Towns and villages
- Amdjarass
Camel herders of the Ennedi plateaus, more nomadic than the southern Zaghawa.
Languages
- Zaghawa / Bideyat / Kobe — Nilo-Saharan (Saharan: Zaghawa / Beria) · Zaghawa (Beria) language. Ennedi: arches, rock paintings, routes to Darfur.
- Gorane / Daza — Nilo-Saharan (Saharan: Daza) · Daza language. Orientation, leather, saddle, memory of the central Sahara.
From portraits already published in the archive. This is not a complete provincial inventory.
Local history
Eastern part of the Ennedi massif, UNESCO World Heritage since 2016 together with Ennedi-Ouest. Rock art is documented from specialist sources, without locating vulnerable sites.
Food
- Zaghawa / Bideyat / Kobe — Milk, grilled meat, millet, dates.
- Gorane / Daza — Milk, dates, goat or camel meat.
From portraits already published in the archive. This is not a complete provincial inventory.
Music and dance
- Zaghawa / Bideyat / Kobe — Warrior songs, mountain and camp dances.
- Gorane / Daza — Dances around the fire, trail songs.
From portraits already published in the archive. This is not a complete provincial inventory.
Crafts and objects
- Zaghawa / Bideyat / Kobe — Saharan people of the east, Muslim, camels and zebu, recent Beria script. Census: Zaghawa/Bideyat/Kobe (1.1%). Strong ties with Sudan.
- Gorane / Daza — Census “Gorane” mainly means the Daza, cousins of the Teda of Tibesti. Islam, nomadism, lineages. The Kreda of Bahr el-Ghazal are the most numerous.
From portraits already published in the archive. This is not a complete provincial inventory.
Ceremonies and festivals
Local festivals: timing, meaning, participation conditions. A precise date is published only when sourced. Locally determined ceremonies are not given an invented day.
Places and heritage
Living culture
Contemporary artists, organisations, youth, urban culture and diaspora ties: to document with consent. No name is invented to fill the list.
Archive media
Credit · Souleymane Torbo, ville d’Amdjarass, Ennedi-Est, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0
Sources and gaps
Sources
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Video evidence
Reports and footage published on YouTube by media, institutions or first-hand witnesses, checked before publication.
- Tchad : le Festival “Amdjarass t’appelle” met en valeur les cultures du nord tchadienWatch on YouTube ↗
- Ennedi-Massiv / UNESCO Weltnatur- und Kulturerbe 2016Watch on YouTube ↗
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