Music The contrasts are great between the musical traditions of northern and southern Chad. The Islamic North is dominated by the Teda and Daza folk groups, who have the same musical instrument and make similar boundaries between professional and non-professional music. Only men play the traditional instruments: one- and two-stringed lute and three types of… Read More »
Literature Inspired by Arabic poetry, even before the colonial era, developed poetry appeared in Swahili, the largest and most important language in eastern Africa, and later official language in Tanzania. From the 1940’s, Shaaban Robert (1909–62) was perhaps the foremost author of Tanganyika, primarily through his poetry, a selection of which is featured in “Diamonds… Read More »
Eritrea has a post-selection military service, with initial service of 18 months. The total force numbers for the Eritrean Armed Forces are around 201 750 active personnel, with a reserve of about 120,000 personnel (2018, IISS). Army The army has a strength of about 200,000 active personnel. Materials include 270 tanks of types of T-54… Read More »