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🇸🇩 Peoples of Sudan

15 indigenous and tribal peoples who live in Sudan, best known first.

FulaniFulɓe 🇳🇬 Nigeria and 21 moreCattle herders and farmers spread across West and Central Africa About 39 million, Atlantic-Congo (Niger-Congo) Bedouinبدو 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia and 15 moreNomadic and semi-nomadic Arab tribes of deserts from Arabia to North Africa About 22 million, Afro-Asiatic HausaHausawa 🇳🇬 Nigeria and 20 moreA major West African people of the Sahel and savanna, known for trade and Islamic heritage About 86 million, Afro-Asiatic OromoOromoo 🇪🇹 Ethiopia and 4 moreCushitic-speaking people of Ethiopia and Kenya, known for the gadaa system About 25 million, Cushitic Twelve Tribes of Israelשִׁבְטֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל (Šiḇṭê Yiśrāʾēl) 🇮🇱 Israel and 5 moreAncient tribal confederation of the biblical Israelites in Canaan Historical, Semitic NubiansNⲟⲃⲓ̄ 🇪🇬 Egypt and 1 moreIndigenous people of the Nile valley between southern Egypt and northern Sudan About 5 million, Nilo-Saharan (Eastern Sudanic branch) Tribe of Dan 🇮🇱 Israel and 5 moreAncient Israelite tribe known for migration and seafaring Historical Baggaraعرب البقارة 🇸🇩 Sudan and 6 moreNomadic cattle herders of the Sahel between Lake Chad and the Nile About 6 million, Afro-Asiatic, Semitic Tribe of Asher 🇮🇱 Israel and 3 moreA historical Israelite tribe linked to western and coastal Galilee Historical Sanhaja 🇲🇦 Morocco and 9 moreA historic Berber confederation spread across North and West Africa Afro-Asiatic Rashaida 🇪🇷 Eritrea and 2 moreNomadic camel herders of the Red Sea coastal plains in Sudan and Eritrea About 180,000, Afro-Asiatic Kutama 🇩🇿 Algeria and 2 moreA Berber tribe from northern Algeria, key to the rise of the Fatimid Caliphate Historical Banu Asad 🇮🇶 Iraq and 6 moreAn Arab tribe with deep roots in Iraq and a legacy tied to Karbala Semitic Kababish 🇸🇩 SudanCamel-herding nomads of northern Kordofan, Sudan Rizeigat 🇸🇩 Sudan and 1 moreNomadic herders of Darfur and Chad, divided into camel and cattle herding groups About 400,000, Arabic

Seven peoples, once a week

Every Monday: seven peoples you may never have heard of, who they are and where they live.