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Broun tribe is one of the known indigenous tribes in Blue Nile State. It has thirteen Sub-tribes and Dar Shageya
is one of them. All of them use the same language of Broun.
According to community leaders, since early eighties (1980s), Dar Shageya has been known also by the name
of Maban. This word Maban in Broun language means human, and it was given to Dar Shageya by the
Christian missionary group around 1982 (in differentiating them from other Broun) as the mission had
succeeded in convincing them about Christianity. The majority of Dar Shageya people are Christians.
Maban/ Dar Shageya is a frontier/ border tribe divided between Sudan and South Sudan but there are many
cultural differences between them as the Sudanese group culturally similar to other Blue Nile tribes;
1. In hunting, they use Safarouk/ Trumbash while the south Sudanese are not.
2. In cultivation, they use Amintebab as plough tool while the South Sudanese do not.
3. In Music they use Zumbara while the South Sudanese only use drums.
The population of Dar Shageya/ Maban in Sudan is about forty thousand (40,000) persons as estimated by
their community leaders.
The affected rights: Right to nationality and recognition
Articles (43 & 45)Sudan Transition Constitutional Document 2019
Articles (2 & 16)International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights read with articles (2 & 15) in the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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