Chad Basin
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The Chad Basin is the largest endorheic basin in Africa, centered approximately on Lake Chad. It has no outlet to the sea and contains large areas of semi-arid desert and savanna. The drainage basin i
Dunes in the Erg of Bilma.
Abéché, capital of Wadai, in 1918 after the French had acquired control.
People at a coronation in Chad, 2005.
Kanuri people
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The Kanuri people are an African ethnic group living largely in the lands of the former Kanem and Bornu Empires in Niger, Nigeria, Chad, and Cameroon, as well as a diaspora community residing in Sudan
Chad Basin
…State in northeastern Nigeria. As of 2011, more than 30 million people lived in the Chad Basin. The population is growing rapidly. Ethnic groups include Kanuri, Maba, Buduma, Hausa, Kanembu, Kotoko, Bagger, Haddad, Kuri, Fulani and Manga. The largest cities are Kano and Maiduguri in Nigeria, Maroua in Cameroon…
A group of young Kanuri people
Ceremonial bodyguard of the Sheikh of Bornou in his full regalia, after a drawing by a British visitor in the 1820s. The mounted knight was central to the Bornu state, and many Kanuri people still value horsemanship and horses.
Photograph of Kanuri women dancing (1910s)
Photograph of Kanuri women dancing (1910s)