Chad’s music reflects the country’s position between the Sahel, Sahara, and Central Africa, bringing together diverse vocal, rhythmic, instrumental, and dance traditions.
Chad is an ethnically diverse Central African country. Each of its regions has its own unique varieties of music and dance. The Fulani people, for example, use single-reeded flutes, while the ancient griot tradition uses five-string kinde and various kinds of horns, and the Tibesti region uses lutes and fiddles. Musical ensembles playing horns and trumpets such as the long royal trumpets known as "waza" or "kakaki" are used in coronations and other upper-class ceremonies throughout both Chad and Sudan.
Overview adapted from Wikipedia’s “Music of Chad” article.
This performance offers a window into Chad’s musical culture, shaped by the country’s many communities and its connections across the Sahel.