Beni-Amer people

Beni-Amer
(of Beja people)
Beni-Amer Boy, National Geographic, Eritrea, 1965.
Total population
442,000[1]
Regions with significant populations
 EritreaUnknown
 Sudan235,389 (1993)[2]
Languages
Tigre, Arabic, Beja
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups
other Beja people

The Beni-Amer, also known as Beni-Amir (Tigrinya: በን ዓምር, Arabic: بني عامر) (sometimes simply as Amer or Nabtab), are a population inhabiting northeast Africa.[3] They are considered by some to comprise a subgroup of the Beja people. They live in Sudan and Eritrea.[3][4] They are mostly Muslim and constitute the largest tribal confederation in Eritrea.[5]

  1. ^ "Ethnicity in Kassala-Gedaref states, 1993 Census". Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Ethnicity in Kassala-Gedaref states, 1993 Census". Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  3. ^ a b Anthony Appiah; Henry Louis Gates (2010). Encyclopedia of Africa. Oxford University Press. p. 167. ISBN 978-0-19-533770-9.
  4. ^ James Stuart Olson (1996). The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary. Greenwood. pp. 89–90. ISBN 978-0-313-27918-8.
  5. ^ Dan Connell; Tom Killion (2010). Historical Dictionary of Eritrea. Scarecrow. pp. 119, 121–122, 280. ISBN 978-0-8108-7505-0.

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