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Kanem

(Encyclopedia) KanemKanemkänēmˈ [key], former empire in Africa in the areas near Lake Chad that are now part of Chad and N Nigeria. The empire began in the 9th cent., when the Sefawa migrated to the…

Moray, alternate spelling of Murray

(Encyclopedia) Moray. For Scottish names spelled thus, use Murray.

Murray, Sir James Augustus Henry

(Encyclopedia) Murray, Sir James Augustus Henry, 1837–1915, English lexicographer. In 1879 he assumed the editorship of the New English Dictionary (the Oxford English Dictionary), which was his life'…

Fort-Lamy

(Encyclopedia) Fort-Lamy: see Ndjamena, Chad.

Shari

(Encyclopedia) Shari, river, Chad: see Chari.

Déby, Idriss

(Encyclopedia) Déby, Idriss Déby, Idriss ĭdrĭsˈ dĕbēˈ [key], 1952–2021, Chadian military and political leader,…

Habré, Hissène

(Encyclopedia) Habré, HissèneHabré, Hissènehēsĕnˈ häbrāˈ [key], 1942–, Chadian political leader, president of Chad (1982–90). He studied political science in Paris during the late 1960s and,…