Am Djemena

Am Djéména lies at the northern edge of the country associated with the Bilala of Lake Fitri. Around the lake, Bilala communities lived alongside Arab and other neighbours, with the sultan’s seat at Yao. The Bilala had earlier held power in Kanem after defeating its rulers in the fourteenth century; in later centuries their political centre lay around the waters of Fitri.

The later city of Ati lies here.