Sudano-Sahelian Area
Savannas, lamidats and Fulani horsemanship
Where the savanna meets the Mandara mountains, the Sudano-Sahelian area stretches from the Adamawa plateau to the plains of the Far North. Land of Fulani lamidats, Mousgoum mud huts and age-old markets, it carries the mark of the great sultanates and of transhumant pastoralism.
Regions
Nord · Extrême-Nord · Adamaoua
Communities
Pastoral, Muslim people speaking Pulaar, historically organised around the North's lamidats (chiefdoms) — including Rey-Bouba and Ngaoundéré. Rich oral tradition of poetry, historical narratives and proverbs.
People of the Logone plain (Far North), famous for their bullet-shaped mud huts ('cases obus'), a traditional dwelling recognised as a vernacular architectural achievement.
Highland communities of the Far North, dwelling at altitude for protection against historical raids, terraced agriculture, traditional metalworking know-how.
Heritage
- Cases obus mousgoum
- Sarés (concessions familiales peules)
- Lamidats (palais royaux)
- Habitats de montagne mafa
- Danse du Guerewol (ornementation masculine peule)
- Danses de cour des lamidats
- Griots et poésie chantée peule
- Tambours et flûtes des cérémonies de cour
- Bouillie de mil
- Viande boucanée (kilishi)
- Lait caillé peul
- Tissage et teinture peule
- Poterie mousgoum
- Sellerie et harnachement de cheval
- Intronisation des lamibé (chefs peuls)
- Fêtes de fin de Ramadan dans les lamidats
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