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The Depository documents 4 techniques in Chad; by risk level: 3 endangered, 1 thriving. Each record opens with a public summary; the full research record is free to view once registered.
The preparation of boule, Chad's national dish, a thick, stiff porridge made from millet or sorghum flour, staple grains specifically suited to the country's arid Sahelian landscape.
The continued production of pottery, metal tools, fishing accessories, and traditional boats by Kotoko communities of the Chadian shore of Lake Chad, documented as directly continuous with the archaeological legacy of the Sao civilization,…
The hand-extraction of two distinct mineral products, red salt for human consumption and natron for animal feed, from two separate and specifically named salt flats in northern Chad, each worked exclusively by a different gender.
The hereditary, caste-based practice of ironwork, pottery, and leatherwork by the Hadaheed among the Zaghawa people and the closely comparable Azza among the Toubou people, both of northern and eastern Chad.