Zariba

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.

Two tikitts enclosed by a zariba in Mhaïreth

Soldiers (centre) standing behind a zariba which protects a village in Democratic Republic of the Congo during the time of Henry Morton Stanley's Emin Pasha Relief Expedition in 1890^[1]

An example would be as a pen to protect cattle and other livestock from predators such as lions, albeit often unsuccessfully.^[4]

See also

• Africa portal

• Boma (enclosure)
• Compound (enclosure)
• Kraal
• Stockade