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The Zaghawa (also spelled Zakhawa) are an ethnic group of eastern Chad and western Sudan including Darfur.The Kanemite royal history the Girgam refers to the Zaghawa people as the Duguwa. Today Zaghawa refer to themselves as the Beri while the name Zaghawa comes from the nearby Arab peoples and became better known. They have their own language which is also called Zaghawa and the breed of sheep that they herd is called Zaghawa by the Arabs.

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