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[edit] Maba

• The Maba, sometimes called the Wadaian, are the dominant people group of the Wadai Mountains, located in eastern Chad. Several thousand Maba also live as immigrants or refugees in Darfur. There are various Maba subgroups, including the Marfa, the Djene, and the Mandaba tribes, all of which speak the same language.

• There are more than 300,000 Maba in Chad and Sudan. They speak a Nilo-Saharan language also called Maba, or Mabang. Maba is closely related to the Masalit and Runga languages. Many of the Maba also speak Arabic as a secondary or trade language. Long ago, the Maba overthrew the Tunjur dynasty in Wadai and formed the backbone of the Wadai Empire, which dominated eastern Chad in the 1800s. In modern Maba society, chiefs and members of royal clans still possess a high degree of prestige and power.

[edit] Prayer points

• Pray that the Maba would know the all-surpassing power.

[edit] External link

• Etnopedia: Maba