of northern Kordofan ; the Dongolawiyin ; the Ga’aliyin the Rubatab the Manasir the Shaiqiyah , the Bideiria  ; the semi-nomadic Baggara of Kordofan and Darfur ; the Beja and Hausa peoplein the Red Sea area and who extend into Eritrea; and the Nubians of the northern Nile areas, some of