A zariba[2] (from Arabic: زَرِيْـبَـة, romanized: zarībah, lit. 'cattle-pen') is a fence which is made of thorns. Historically, it was used to defend settlements[1][3] or property against perpetrators in Sudan and neighboring countries such as Chad and further south in Democratic Republic of the Congo. An example would be as a pen to protect cattle and other livestock from predators such as lions, albeit often unsuccessfully.[4]
Two tikitts enclosed by a zariba in Mhaïreth
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