Kadugli

Kadugli lies among the rocky hills rising from the plains of southern Kordofan. It gives its name to one of the language communities of the Nuba Mountains, a region remarkable for the variety of peoples living among its scattered heights. In the years after Egypt's conquest of Kordofan in 1821, its rulers demanded tribute from accessible hill communities, including Kadugli; people taken into slavery formed part of these demands.