The Wang Doré or Wang Kulu is the chief religious and political figure of the
Tupuri people
The Tupuri are an ethnic group in Cameroon and Chad. They speak a language called Tupuri, which had 125,000 speakers in Cameroon at an unspecified date and 90,785 speakers in Chad in 1993. There were 215,466 of them in Chad in 2009.
In Cameroon, ...
. Based in the village of
Doré near the
Chadian town of
Fianga
Fianga ( ar, فيانكا) is a town in Chad
Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Su ...
, the Wang Doré have traditionally acted as the kings of the Tupuri, with the areas under their suzerainty being known as the Kingdom of Doré. Today, he still holds religious and political power over the Tupuri living across the borders of Chad and
Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...
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References
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Tupuri
History of Chad
History of Cameroon
Former kingdoms