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A widely accepted theory is that the Sao were indigenous inhabitants of the Lake Chad basin and that their ultimate origins lie south of the lake. [7] Recent archaeological research indicates that the Sao civilization developed indigenously from earlier cultures in the region (such as the Gajiganna culture, which began at around 1,800 BCE and began to build fortified towns by about 800 BCE ...
The Sao civilization flourished from about the sixth century BC to as late as the 16th century AD in Central Africa. The Sao lived by the Chari River south of Lake Chad in territory that later became part of present-day Cameroon and Chad. They are the earliest people to have left clear traces of their presence in the territory of modern Cameroon.
The city states of the Sao reached their apex at some point between the 9th century CE and 15th CE. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Although some scholars estimate that the Sao civilization south of Lake Chad lasted until the 14th century CE or the 15th century CE, the predominant consensus is that it ceased to exist as a separate culture sometime in the 16th ...
The Buduma traditionally claim to be descended from the peoples of the Sao civilization and Kanem-Bornu Empire. [2]The Lake Chad region was integrated into the political realm of the Kanem-Bornu Empire.
The West African Sao civilization flourished from ca. the 6th century BCE to as late as the 16th century CE in northern Central Africa. The Sao lived by the Chari River south of Lake Chad in territory that later became part of Cameroon and Chad.
The Kotoko people, also called Mser, Moria, Bara and Makari, [citation needed] are a Chadic ethnic group located in northern Cameroon, Chad and Nigeria. [1] The Kotoko population is composed of approximately 90,000 people of which the majority live in Cameroon.
Sao civilization sites of walled-cities are in the Lake Chad region, along the Chari River; the oldest site—at Zilum, Chad—dates to at least the first millennium.
Les Sao: The Sao The Sao Civilization is the ancestorial people of the current day Chad population. [16] Comoros: Les Coelecantes The Coelacanths: The coelacanth is a type of fish. [17] Congo: Diables Rouges Red Devils From their all red uniform kits. [18] Djibouti: Riverains de la Mer Rouge Shoremen of the Red Sea