Darfur | Wikipedia audio article
Channel: wikipedia tts
Date: 11/11/2018

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
Darfur

Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written
language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.

Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain

Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through
audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio
while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using
a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.


You can find other Wikipedia audio articles too at:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuKfABj2eGyjH3ntPxp4YeQ

In case you don't find one that you were looking for, put a comment.
This video uses Google TTS en-US-Standard-D voice.



SUMMARY
=======
Darfur (Arabic: دار فور‎ Dār Fūr, English: "Realm of the Fur") is a region in western Sudan. It was named Dardaju (Arabic: دار داجو‎) while ruled by the Daju, who migrated from Meroë circa 350 AD; it was then renamed Dartunjur (Arabic: دار تنجر‎) when the Tunjur ruled the area. (Dar is an Arabic word meaning home of.) Darfur was an independent sultanate for several hundred years, incorporated into Sudan by Anglo-Egyptian forces in 1916. The region is divided into five federal states: Central Darfur, East Darfur, North Darfur, South Darfur and West Darfur. Because of the war in Darfur between Sudanese government forces and the indigenous population, the region has been in a state of humanitarian emergency since 2003.
Origin of the name 'Fur:
The First historical mention of the word 'Fur' occurs in 1664 in the account by J. M. Vansleb, a traveler, of a visit to Egypt (Petermann (1862-3). Mittheilungen, Erganzungsband II). 'Fur' apparently like 'Sudan' means 'blacks' , and was the name given by the early light-coloured Berber sultans of Darfur to the original inhabitants of the country such as the Binga, Banda etc., who agreed to become Muslim and submit to the sultan's rule, the alternative being to be attacked and either killed or enslaved. As the historic dynasty's physical appearance became more "Africanized" from intermarriage with black wives and concubines, the appearance of the sultans darkened correspondingly and they became known by the appellation of their black subjects, 'Fur'.