The Lisi people are three closely associated Chadian ethnic groups living in the same geographical area, represented by the

Batha Batha may refer to: * Batha Region, one of the regions of Chad * Batha Prefecture, a former division of Chad * Batha, Lebanon, one of the villages in Keserwan District in Lebanon * Batha, an alternate term for garrigue, or Mediterranean scrubland * ...

and

Chari-Baguirmi Chari-Baguirmi may refer to: * Chari-Baguirmi Prefecture, one of the 14 prefectures of Chad, 1960–1999 * Chari-Baguirmi Region Chari-Baguirmi ( ar, شاري باقرمي) is one of the 23 regions of Chad. Its capital is Massenya. It is compose ...

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: the Bilala (136,000), the

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(76,000) and the Medogo (19,000). The Lisi are mainly farmers growing crops such as sorghum, millet,

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and

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; herding is occasionally associated with farming. They live in compact villages, each of which is governed by a chief, that settles local disputes, a duty he discharges with the help of the village's elders.

Polygamy Crimes Polygamy (from Late Greek (') "state of marriage to many spouses") is the practice of marriage, marrying multiple spouses. When a man is married to more than one wife at the same time, sociologists call this polygyny. When a woman is ...

is quite common, but the husband must guarantee a separate house for every wife. The first wife retains a privileged status over the others. In religion they are all Muslim, and represent the people who were part of the Yao Sultanate in pre-colonial Chad. The sultanate was founded by the

Bulala The Bilala or Bulala are a Muslim people that live around Lake Fitri, in the Batha Prefecture, in central Chad. The last Chadian census in 1993 stated that they numbered 136,629 people. Their language, Naba language, Naba, is divided in four diale ...

in the 15th century, conquering the Kuka, who successively passed them their language. For this they all now speak the same language, known as Naba language.

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