Sungor people

Sungor or Asungor is an ethnic group in Chad. They speak Assangori, a Nilo-Saharan language. They numbered at least 60,000 according to a 1996 source.[1]

Culture

The Sungor are mainly pastoralists who raise goats, camels, and cattle. They also engage in subsistence agriculture.[1]

Majority of the Sungor are Muslim.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Olson, James Stuart; Meur, Charles (1996). The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-313-27918-8.
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