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Baggara       LUcat Search catalogue 294899936

STA
Approved

UPD
2012-03-23

DUT
Baggara

IND
6

MIS
LCSH: Baggara ; AE: Baggara ; E: nl; I: Baggara is actually a collective name applied to the separate cattle-herding tribes of Sudan and eastern Chad. The Baggara peoples identify with their tribal names more often than with the all-encompassing term ‘baggara.’ There are at least seven principal tribes which include the following: Humr/Messiria, Rizaygat, Shuwia, Hawazma, Ta’isha, and Habbaniya.

PPN
294899936

UDC
301.185.12Baggara

MRF
316.356.4Baggara

BT1
Chadian peoples
Sudanese peoples

BSO
04.04 ETHNIC GROUPS



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