The Country Called Chad

Created By

Maggie V and Kevin J

     The country is Chad in northen afica. most of the fact down below talk about it's all about the country (it's population, goverment structure, laguages spoke there, colnization Information, goverment, climate, ect.) and there are some links at the bottom of the page if you see it were some of stuff is from. 

Colinized: French 

Chad's Flag Chad 

Artist Statement

By

Maggie Van Gulik

Did you know that masks have been created for generations to represent tribal folklore?  As I was learning about Chad, Africa, I had the chance to make a mask of my own.    My assignment was to create a mask that represented symbols of Chad.  I used yellow, red, black, and green feathers on each side of the mask.  The colors do not have meaning but the feathers stand for tribalism.  Chad is a dry country so I painted the top background color of the mask the same color as tan sand.  There is a very large lake in Chad that provides almost all of their water.  Blue represents water to me so I painted the bottom half of the mask the color of a lake.  Every country in Africa has its own flag.  I painted Chad’s flag across the eye area of my mask.  There is horrible genocide of Chad’s refugees.  I represented this with flames on the left cheek.  I painted a brown cross next to the mouth area to show that there are very many different religions in the country.  The black lips of my mask are used to show that racism is a part of their community.  I enjoyed using plaster, paint, and glue to create this mask as I learned different facts about Chad, Africa.  My work is not peaceful to look at and shows that the country has great suffering.

KEVIN'S MASK 

My Mask Chad

by kevin

             A country that 30 year of civil war. My country is Chad and it is a good country here are the symbols about on my mask. The first one is that on left it a Arabic letter about how main language there the next is the symbols it the Muslim it the biggest religion and then there the flag of Chad because it flag of Chad. I put up t the top because it a north country And put and the symbols  on the sides of the flag because of main they of the country and the color is because part of the the flag. And that it why what I think anyways. 

a great good country

Kevin Jones

            I am a country that is that has endured 30 years  of civil war and that will do it best

I hear the hear the Arabic words being said at the capital N'Djamena .

I fell the Emedi desert 

I see the burning hot tropical climate.

I touch the huge water of lake Chad.

I am a country that is that has endured 30 years  of civil war and that will do it best

            I smell the black oil exported to other places.

I want better homes.

I dream that will get out slums

I dream that will get out slums

I am a country that is that has endured 30 years  of civil war and that will do it best

            I worry about huger

I cry about huger 

I try to get people out of huger 

I AM CHAD.

http://www.30-days.net/muslims/muslims-in/central-africa/the-kanuri/

http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Africa/Chad-ETHNIC-GROUPS.html

http://www.mapsofworld.com/chad/

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cd.html

http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/africa/chad/currency.htm