Agadem

Agadem is an oasis in the Ténéré, south of the Kawar settlements and north of Lake Chad. Its wells lay at a junction of desert roads, offering water to travellers crossing the long stretches between Bornu and the north. In the early nineteenth century, the route carried Tebu couriers between the Bornu ruler at Kukawa and Murzuq in Fezzan, as well as caravans whose camels transported water and provisions.