We wish Chad a very a Happy Independence Day
Chad, a landlocked nation in north-central Africa, celebrates its Independence Day every year on August 11 to commemorate its freedom from France, gained in 1960. The Independence Day is a public holiday in Chad. The day honors the historic occasion of achieving freedom from the France, after a long and bitter struggle. In Chad many festivities mark the day. Political assemblies, speeches, sports event such as football games, parades, music and dance, are held and the Chadians celebrate their independence and patriotism in style. In 1913, France absorbed the Kingdoms of the Kanem-Bornu, Baguirmi, and Ouaddai, which were ruled by Sudanese conqueror Rabih al-Zubayr. These formed the colony of French Equatorial Africa and a region of Ubangi-Shari (Central African Republic). The battle between Rabih and the French troops over these kingdoms left Rabih dead, and French reinstated the traditional sultanate of the Kanembu dynasty. They established a protectorate over mo...