The Kuwong people

The Kuwong people, described as irreducible, are little known to ethnologists and anthropologists. They are one of those peoples who are fairly closed to all exogenous beliefs, especially Islam in a predominantly Muslim country like Chad. A few lapidary studies on this people are those of linguists. Those on their receptiveness or resistance to monotheistic beliefs are almost non-existent, except in the form of articles. The problem discussed in the book is that of the appropriation of the Muslim faith and the Kuwong's adherence to it under Baguirmian hegemony. From the first half of the 19th century, the Baguirmians extended their influence over the southern part of Chad, to which the Kuwong people belong. The development and full blossoming of this people are obscured by cultural, tribal and ethnic prejudices and stereotypes. The book analyzes the reasons for this resistance, starting from the idea that cultural and traditional burdens, contempt, discrimination and stigmatization are the causes of the Kuwong's resistance to the various stages of their baguirmization.