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Countries and Their Cultures: Bagirmi Kinship

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The term "Bagirmi" refers to a multi-ethnic society organized as an archaic state. Major populations in the Bagirmi region were the Barma, who formed and dominated the state; Arabs, who were its most numerous inhabitants; and the Fulani, who were significant in its religious life. The core of Bagirmi was located in the Republic of Chad. The Barma still cultivate cereals and vegetables. The staples are sorghums and millets; peanuts, cotton, and okra are also grown. Barma who reside by streams fish. Arabs and Fulani are primarily livestock breeders: they raise cattle, sheep, and goats on open range. The Arabs and the Fulani each had differing systems of patrilineal descent. Barma kinship terminology was Iroquoian.

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