Around the middle of the 17th century, the Tunjur people were expelled from the Islamic Wadai empire by Abd-el-Kerim of the Bargo people, and the Bargo controlled the slave supply caravans to the north.[3][4] The Tunjur then migrated west to their current location. Thereafter, they converted to Malikifiqh of Sunni Islam.[3]
Society
The Tunjur are farmers and live closely associated with the Fur. Their own Tunjur language has become extinct, they now speak Chadian Arabic, Fur, or Bari as their first language.[3]
Contemporary issues
Following the Darfur conflict in February 2003, like the Fur and the Zaghawa, many Tunjur have been affected by fighting and persecution. A number of Tunjur have taken part in the fight against the Sudanese government under the banners of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM).
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12345Anthony Appiah; Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2005). Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience. Oxford University Press. pp.241–242. ISBN978-0-19-517055-9.
12James Minahan (2002). Encyclopedia of the Stateless Nations: L-R. Greenwood. pp.1130–1131. ISBN978-0-313-32111-5.
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