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Baggara
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294899936
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2012-03-23
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Baggara
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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.
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294899936
UDC
301.185.12Baggara
MRF
316.356.4Baggara
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Chadian peoples
Sudanese peoples
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