Kresh people

Kresh
Languages
Kresh • Gbaya
Religion
Predominantly
Islam
Minorities
Christianity and others

Kresh is the name of an ethnic minority in South Sudan, Sudan, and the Central African Republic (CAR). The Kresh is a grouping of many different ethnic groups originating from Western Bahr el Ghazal abd CAR.[1] The Kresh speak various Kresh languages of the Nilo-Saharan phylum. The Kresh are mostly Muslims.[2]

Kresh mainly live around Raga in the Kafia Kingi exclave and belong to the Fertit group.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Thomas, Edward (2010). The Kafia Kingi enclave: people, politics and history in the north-south boundary zone of Western Sudan. London: Rift Valley Institute. p. 165. ISBN 1907431047.
  2. ^ Thomas (2010), p. 72.
  3. ^ Mawut, Lazarus Leek. "THE SOUTHERN SUDAN UNDER BRITISH RULE 1898-1924: THE CONSTRAINTS REASSESSED" (PDF). p. 71. Retrieved 12 March 2026.
  4. ^ Thomas (2010), p. 55.
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