The Dar Fur Daju are an ethnic group in the

Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...

. They are one of seven distinct ethnicities comprising the

Daju people The Daju people are a group of seven distinct ethnicities speaking related languages (see Daju languages) living on both sides of the Chad- Sudan border and in the Nuba Mountains. Separated by distance and speaking different languages, at present ...

. They speak the Nyala language.Ethnologue: "Daju, Dar Fur - A language of Sudan"
retrieved September 1, 2013 They live in

Southern Darfur South Darfur State ( ar, ولاية جنوب دارفور Wilāyat Ǧanūb Dārfūr; Janob Darfor) is one of the wilayat or states of Sudan. It is one of the five states that compose the region of Darfur in western Sudan. Overview Prior to the ...

in the

in the Daju Hills 40 km northeast of

Nyala The lowland nyala or simply nyala (''Tragelaphus angasii'') is a spiral-horned antelope native to southern Africa. It is a species of the family Bovidae and genus ''Tragelaphus'', previously placed in genus ''Nyala''. It was first described in ...

- although most of this population has fled to Chad as a result of the

Darfur Conflict The War in Darfur, also nicknamed the Land Cruiser War, is a major armed conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan that began in February 2003 when the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) rebel groups be ...

. There is also a small population of Dar Fur Daju near the city of Lagowa in the

Nuba Hills The Nuba Mountains ( ar, جبال النوبة), also referred to as the Nuba Hills, is an area located in South Kordofan, Sudan. The area is home to a group of indigenous ethnic groups known collectively as the Nuba peoples. In the Middle Ages ...

. Their total population numbers 98,000 (2017). They are mostly Muslim.Joshua Project: "Daju, Dar Fur of Sudan"
retrieved September 1, 2013

References

External sources

Language Map of Sudan
Huffman, Steve Daju peoples Ethnic groups in Sudan {{Sudan-ethno-group-stub