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The Zaghawa of Sudan are among the peoples living in the refugee camps in Darfur and eastern Chad where the recruitment of child soldiers into rebel movements is an ongoing problem. [23] The Zaghawa have been among the tribes in Darfur who have been referred to as "African" even as other tribes that have fought with them have been called "Arab ...
A Cluster of 4 Zaghawa Groups in 2 countries; The Zaghawa (who refer to themselves as the Beri), are scattered throughout central Africa in the countries of Chad and Sudan. All of the groups, including the Awlad Mana, speak Zaghawa (sometimes called Beri), which belongs to the Saharan branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family.
The term "blacksmith" has been a derogatory term in Zaghawa culture, states Anne Haour – a professor of African studies and medieval archaeology– and "if born a blacksmith one will always be a blacksmith". [210] Non-blacksmith castes of Zaghawa neither eat nor associate with the blacksmith castes. [211] The lowest strata has been the slaves.
The Zaghawa make up a significant minority and migrated during the Sahelian drought in the 1980s. [1] Both are non-Arab tribes. [ 2 ] Former Chadian president Idriss Déby is from the Zaghawa tribe.
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They first appeared in the 14th century near lake Fitri as a nomadic clan led by scions of the Sayfawa dynasty.They were originally a political entity that came about as a result of fusion of the Kayi (old Zaghawa = current Kanembu, the clan exist even today in Kanem) and Ngizimis Kanembu clan, which exists even today in Dibbinintchi, Lake Chad inhabitants of the Fittri region. [1]
The Masalit people are generally located in the West Darfur region. The Masalit primarily live in Geneina, the capital of West Darfur, though a few thousand also live in Al Qadarif State in eastern Sudan, and in South Darfur. [1]
The Kabka Sultanate, also called the Sultanate of Kabka and the Kabka Sultanate of Tundubay, [1] is a remote Zaghawa-populated country subdivision on the Sudanese frontier within Chad. It was created [ 2 ] by Chadian President Idriss Deby in order to appease Zaghawa nationalism and national pride .