Nuba

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The Nuba are a linguistically and ethnically diverse people comprising more than a hundred distinct communities within a mountainous region in South Kordofan, Sudan. In contrast to most of their predominantly Islamized and Arabic-speaking neighbors to the north, the Nuba share a range of cultural and social features rooted in claims of indigeneity to the land, and in reliance on a combination of hoe-based agriculture, egalitarian ideology, and traditional religious practices. Over several centuries, Nuba people collectively have suffered a range of injustices, from racial discrimination to being dispossessed of their lands to enslavement.

Identifier

Region

• Africa

Subregion

• Eastern Africa

Subsistence Type

• intensive agriculturalists

Samples

• EA
• SCCS

Countries

• Sudan