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from the
north of the Sudan identify themselves as Arabs. They speak
Arabic and are Muslims. This association is historically
linked dating back as far as the 1300 century when Arab
Muslims infiltrated the Nile valley, settled and mixed
with the local population. However, the majority of northern
Sudanese are not of Arabic ethnicity even though they are
Muslims. This includes the Nubians, who live along the
Nile in the far north of the Sudan, the Beja who inhabit
the Red Sea Hill area, the Fur in the far West of the Sudan,
sedentary agriculturalists residing in the Jebel Marra
area, the Nuba people who live in the remote Nuba Mountains
and the Zaghawa, an ethnic group who live in the Sudan
as well as in Chad. The vast majority of southern Sudanese
are neither Arab nor Muslim. For example, the Dinka, who
are cattle herders living on the plains east of the White
Nile, the Shilluk, who are farmers on the west bank of
the river and the Nuer, who live further south. They make
up about one-fifth of the Sudanese population. Some smaller
groups like the Bari live at the border of Uganda and the
Azande live partly in the Sudan and in the Congo. The striking
diversity in religion, ethnic make up and languages in
one of Africa’s largest countries has caused division
in Sudanese society, most significantly between the North
and the South of the Sudan.
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