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  • ChronicleDiwan of the Sultans of Bornuديوان سلاطين برنوAnonymous · 1808For six centuries, the royal scribes of Kanem added a paragraph at the death of each sultan.Literature
  • TaleTold by Starlight in ChadAu Tchad sous les étoilesJoseph Brahim Seïd · 1962Two years after independence, a jurist from Fort-Lamy publishes in Paris the first book by a Chadian writer.Literature
  • CinemaPêcheurs du ChariÉdouard Sailly · 1966One of the first Chadian films: an ethnographic documentary shot on the banks of the Chari.Cinema
  • NarrativePrisonnier de TombalbayeAntoine Bangui · 1980not translated into EnglishA former Chadian minister recounts the three years he spent in the prisons of the regime he had served.Literature
  • TheatreLe Commandant ChakaBaba Moustapha · 1983not translated into EnglishA Chadian playwright who died at thirty leaves a play against military dictatorships, published after his death.Literature
  • TheatreLe Crime de la dotDjimet Kari · 1983not translated into EnglishA Chadian drama in four acts, published in N'Djamena, whose title makes the dowry a crime.Literature
  • PoetryPierre, poussièreNimrod · 1989not translated into EnglishThe first collection of a Chadian poet and philosopher, crowned in the year it appeared.Literature
  • TheatreLe Camp tend la sébileKoulsy Lamko · 1993not translated into EnglishA Chadian playwright in exile gives a voice to the refugees whom war has thrown out of the capital.Literature
  • CinemaDilemme au fémininZara Mahamat Yacoub · 1994A journalist from N'Djamena films an excision and brings a fatwa upon herself.Cinema
  • CinemaA Taxi for AouzouUn taxi pour AouzouIssa Serge Coelo · 1994A taxi driver from N'Djamena tells his life story, in the year Chad recovers its territory of Aouzou.Cinema
  • CinemaSotigui Kouyaté: A Modern GriotSotigui Kouyaté, un griot moderneMahamat-Saleh Haroun · 1996A Chadian filmmaker based in France films a griot actor born in Bamako, a companion of Peter Brook.Cinema