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Tibesti
Province of the Tibesti massif, capital Bardaï. Saharan mountains, oases and Teda mobility. Coordinates of inhabited or sacred places are kept deliberately coarse.
- Capital
- Bardaï
- Neighbours
- Libya, Niger; Borkou, Ennedi-Ouest.
A people, a language or a festival may concern several provinces. Administrative borders are not cultural borders.
9 / 12 headings with sourced content. The rest awaits consented collection.
Overview
Province of the Tibesti massif, capital Bardaï. Saharan mountains, oases and Teda mobility. Coordinates of inhabited or sacred places are kept deliberately coarse.
Communities
- Teda (Toubou of Tibesti) — Teda (Toubou of Tibesti)
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.
- Teda of the Tibesti
- Area
- Tibesti massif
- Language or dialect
- Tedaga
- Towns and villages
- Bardaï, Zouar
Northern branch of the Toubou. The derde, customary chief of Tibesti, is chosen from the Tomagra clan and traditionally sits at Zouar.
Languages
- Teda (Toubou of Tibesti) — Nilo-Saharan (Saharan: Teda) · Teda language. Tibesti: volcanoes, canyons, routes to Libya and Niger.
From portraits already published in the archive. This is not a complete provincial inventory.
Local history
Saharan massif, oases and Teda mobility. Coordinates of inhabited or sacred places are kept deliberately coarse.
Food
- Teda (Toubou of Tibesti) — Dates, camel milk, dried meat.
From portraits already published in the archive. This is not a complete provincial inventory.
Music and dance
- Teda (Toubou of Tibesti) — Mountain songs, camp dances.
From portraits already published in the archive. This is not a complete provincial inventory.
Crafts and objects
- Teda (Toubou of Tibesti) — Cousins of the Daza/Gorane, distinct Teda language. Nomadism, palm groves, memory of Tibesti chiefs. Often folded into “Gorane” in the census, yet a people of the far north in their own right.
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
Sites, museums and cultural landscapes: linked only when an existing page names the province. Sacred or vulnerable places are not pin-pointed.
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 · Michael Kerling, paysage du Tibesti à l’est de Bardai, Wikimedia Commons, domaine public
Sources and gaps
Sources
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