Gouran

Gouran (Dazaga) is an ethnic group that inhabits northern Chad and some parts of Libya and Niger. In Chad, they are referred to as Gouran(Gorane) while in other countries they identify as Dazaga. The Gouran are one of two subgroups of the Toubou people people (Also written Tebu, Tubu, Tibu, Tibbu, Tebu, Tubu, Tebou, Umbararo), the other being the Teda. They are divided into several subgroups or clans, including Daza, Anakaza, Mourdia, Kaga, Azzaga, Karra (Kereda), Kanobo, Taruge and Kounouma. They cover the northern regions of Bourkou, Ennedi and Tibesti and Bahr el Gazel in the south. There is a diaspora community of several thousand Gouran(Dazaga) living in Omdurman, Sudan and a couple thousand working in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.