Maba (African people)

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Name (Latin)
Maba (African people)
Other forms of name
Bergou (African people)
Borgu (Chadian and Sudanese people)
Bura Mabang (African people)
Mabaa (African people)
Moba (Chadian and Sudanese people)
See Also From tracing topical name
Ethnology Chad
Ethnology Sudan
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q2455014
Library of congress: sh2012004211
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: Mahamat, A. "Place et statut des forgerons dans la société maba du Tchad," Journal des africanistes, 60 (2): 149-160, 1990.
  • Edgar, J. Masalit grammar, 1989:p. 111 (Maba is autonym of the people who speak bura maba-ng (language of the Maba) or Arabic; Borgu or Borgawi (singular) is the name given to the Maba people by peoples living to the east) p. 112 (Borgu is also the autonym of the Maba living in the Sudan; Maba also called Bergou by the Bornouans (Kanuri))
  • African ethnonyms, 1996(Maba (Chad))
  • African ethnonyms and toponyms, 1984(Maba; Mabaa, Bura Mabang, Moba; Chad, Sudan)
  • Ethnologue, 2009(Maba; a language of Chad; alt. names: Borgu, Bura Mabang, Kana Mabang, Mabaa, Mabak, Mabang, Ouaddai, Ouaddaien, Wadai, Waddayen)