The Peoples Known as Mimi

The Mimi of Nachtigal and the Mimi of Gaudefroy-Demombynes, both of whom speak a Maban language of the Nilo-Saharan language family, are identified by the names of their first investigators: Gustav Nachtigal and Maurice Gaudefroy-Demombynes, respectively. The name Mimi sometimes is applied to a people who call themselves Amdang and who are also known as Biltine. Although they inhabit the same region of Chad as the other two peoples known as Mimi and speak a...