Amadi, Congo

Amadi lies on the left bank of the Uele River where it was crossed by the RS438 road.[1] It is in the Poko Territory.[2] The Amadi clan are "zandéizéd people who speak the Zande language. They are named after a former leader.[3]

A Belgian exploratory column led by Willem Frans Van Kerckhoven and Jules Alexandre Milz reached the location of Amadi on 22 December 1891 where they started to build a post.[4]

Some Premonstratensian missionaries left the Ibembo mission in December 1899 and arrived in Amadi on 10 January 1900, where they founded the first Catholic mission in Haut-Uele. In 1911 the Premonstratensians ceded the eastern part of their apostolic prefecture to the Dominicans.[5] The first Dominicans arrived on 12 January 1912.[6] In 1952 Amadi was ceded to the Augustinians, who formed the apostolic prefecture of Doruma on 24 February 1958.[7] The mission of Amadi Saint-Herman today depends on the Roman Catholic Diocese of Doruma–Dungu.[8]