Book
Black nomads of the Sahara
Librairie Plon • Paris • Published In 1957 • Pages:
By: Chapelle, Jean, Schütze, Frieda.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of the nomadic Teda (Toubou) living primarily within the boundaries of Libya, northeastern Nigeria, Chad and Sudan, with particular emphasis on those in Tibesti in Chad. After a brief study of early historical contacts between Teda and other non-Teda groups (including Europeans), Chapelle proceeds to a lengthy discussion of the various groups of Teda found within the geographical boundaries mentioned above. These groups consist of the Teda of Tibesti, and the northern and western oases; Borku, Ennedi and Wadai; Bahr-el-Ghazal and Kanem; and the southwest. Information on the Zaghawa people whom the author lumps under Teda in his discussion of the Borku, Ennedi and Wadai division are considered from the standpoint of the Outline of World Cultures to be a Bideyat (MS5) group. Information on this group, therefore, has been subheaded for the MS5 Bideyat file. The remainder of the source deals with the exploitation of the environment, material culture, life cycle events, clan organization and religion. Outside of the discussion on clan organization, there is relatively little other information in this source on other aspects of the social structure or social organization. Despite this, however, the source does represent a fairly well-rounded account of the Teda for the period studied by the author (ca. 1930-1955).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural identity and pride
- Ethos
- Internal migration
- External migration
- Settlement patterns
- Water supply
- Animal husbandry
- Tribe and nation
- Clans
- Traditional history
- Normal garb
- History
- External relations
- Annual cycle
- Offenses against life
- Status, role, and prestige
- Culture summary
- Location
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Teda
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Government Official
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; Jan Simpson ; 1982
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 1930-1955
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1930-1937
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Teda communities in Chad and Sudan
- NotesAdditional notes
- Jean Chapelle
- Translation of: [Nomades noires du Sahara]
- Translated for the HRAF files by Frieda Schütze
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- a 59004598
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Teda (African people)
- Tibbu (African people)