Massa (people)
The Massa , also Masa , are a people who live in Chad and Cameroon .
The Masa are an ethnic group of Sudanese origin who make their living mainly from fishing along the Logone river between Chad and Cameroon. Their language is the Massa .
As a traditional religion they have a monotheistic god, the supreme creator Lawna . Because of the missionary work during the German colonial era, there are also Christians (Catholics, Protestants) among the Massa. Recently, Sunni Islam has spread increasingly .
literature
- Igor de Garine, Les Massa du Cameroun. Vie économique et sociale , Presses universitaires de France, Paris , 1964
- Françoise Dumas Champion, Les Masa du Tchad. Bétail et société , Maison des sciences de l'homme, Paris , 1983 ISBN 2735100103
- Antonino Melis, Les Masa, Traditions orales de la savane au Tchad / I Masa, Tradizioni orali della savana in Ciad , Pisa , Edizioni Plus, Università di Pisa, 2002 ISBN 88-8492-010-8