Haddad (ethnicity)

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The Haddad are an African ethnic group , their living conditions resemble a caste . About 250,000 Haddad live scattered across the Sahel , Chad , Sudan and Nigeria . They live among different peoples whose language they adopted and offer their services. They live separately from the rest of the population and marry among themselves. Originally, the Haddad were blacksmiths , but since this work is often no longer necessary due to cheap imports, they practice various other professions. The Haddad are often despised like untouchables , often they are not allowed to own land. The Haddad are Muslims .

literature

  • Caterina Batello, Adamou Harouna Tourâe, Peter Ervin Kenmore: The Future is an Ancient Lake: Traditional Knowledge, Biodiversity and Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture in Lake Chad Basin Ecosystems , Verlag Food & Agriculture Org., 2004, ISBN 9251050643 , pages 40– 41 [1]
  • James Stuart Olson: The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary , Greenwood Publishing Group, 1996, ISBN 0313279187 , page 216 [2]
  • Paul E. Lovejoy: Salt of the Desert Sun: A History of Salt Production and Trade in the Central Sudan , Cambridge University Press, 1986, ISBN 0521301823 , page 272 [3]
  • Muḥammad Zuhdī Yakan: Almanac of African Peoples and Nations , Transaction Publishers, 1999, ISBN 1412816777 , page 346 [4]