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Chad in 1965, and then rapidly spread to the north and east including Wadai.
Motives are complex. To the general resentment of northern Muslims towards
a southern-dominated government must be added opposition to the corruption
of traditional chiefs and government bureaucrats, sectionalism and Islamic resurgence.
The conflict has been obscured by political rivalry, banditry and the
changing foreign patrons of various factions. Maba participation was initially
limited to emigres in the Sudan who formed the Chadian Liberation Front (FLT),
but the call for Muslim solidarity has appealed to more and more Maba. In the
first months of 1982, Abeche became the center for Hissene Habre's forces,
who have subsequently established tenuous control over the northern two-thirds
of the country. Today, the Maba's destiny in the war-torn country remains
unclear.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Books
Decalo, Samuel. Historical Dictionary of Chad. London: Scarecrow Press, 1977.
Fisher, Humphrey J., and Fisher, Allan G. B. Slavery and Muslim Society in Africa.
London: C. Hurst, 1970.
Lapie, Pierre Oliver. My Travels Through Chad, translated by Leslie Bull. London: John
Murray, 1943.
Nachtigal, Gustav. Sahara and Sudan, vol. 4, Wadai and Darfur, translated with an
introduction by Allen G. B. Fisher and Humphrey J. Fisher. Berkeley: University
of California, 1971.
Nelson, Harold D., ed. Area Handbook for Chad. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing
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Thomason, Virginia M., and Adlook, Richard. The Emerging States of French Equatorial
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Works, John A. Pilgrims in a Strange Land, Hausa Communities of Chad. New York:
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Article
Decalo, Samuel. "Chad, the Roots of Centre-Periphery Strife." African Affairs 79:317
(1980): 490-509.
Unpublished Manuscripts
Lemarchand, Rene. "Chad: Background to Conflict." Paper presented to the Colloquium
on Chad, Department of State, Washington, D.C., October 1979.