Nubians
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| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| Egypt, Sudan | |
| Languages | |
| Nobiin, Egyptian Arabic, Sudanese Arabic | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam, Coptic Christianity |
The Nubians are an ethnic group in Egypt and Sudan.
The Nubians were known as Aethiopians (burnt face) to classical writers, the ancient Egyptians recognized them most commonly as the inhabitants of "miserable Kush. Before the twentieth century they were never referred to as Egyptians despite their frequent imitations of Egyptian culture and their long subjugation to Egyptian political rule. They continue to speak today an indigenous African language unrelated either to Arabic which is the modern language of their neighbors or to ancient Egyptian. They remain also racially distinct from Egyptians exhibiting a strain of Negroid blood. [1]
The Nubian Tribes in Sudan inhabit the region between Halfa in the north to north Aldaba in the south. The main Nubian tribes are from north to south are: Halfaweyen, Sikut (Sickkout), Mahas and Danagla. They speak different dialects of the Nubian language.
The Nubians today, as well as the Arabic-speaking groups of northern Sudan, all show a clear physical continuity with the ancient Nubians.
Prominent Nubian figures
- Mohamed Mounir, singer
- Ahmad Mounib, singer and musician
- Ali Hassan Kuban, singer and musician
- Hamza El Din, singer and musicologist
- Khalil Kalfat, literary critic, political and economic thinker and writer
- Haggag Hassan Oddoul, novelist and activist
Further reading
- Rouchdy, Aleya (1991). Nubians and the Nubian Language in Contemporary Egypt: A Case of Cultural and Linguistic Contact. Leiden: Brill Acdemic Publishers. ISBN 9004091971.
- Valbelle, Dominique (2007). The Nubian Pharaohs: Black Kings on the Nile. Cairo: American University in Cairo Press. ISBN 977416010X.
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- ^ The First Colonial Empire: Egypt in Nubia, 3200-1200 B.C. William Y. Adams. Comparative Studies in Society and History, Vol. 26, No. 1. (Jan., 1984), pp. 36-71.