The Karko are a sub-ethnic group of the Nuba peoples in the Nuba Mountains of South Kordofan state, in southern Sudan.
They speak Karko, a Hill Nubian language (Sample: "Ambapo ni kitabu chako?" - "Where is your book?").
Most members of this ethnicity are Muslims. Notable people Mende Nazer a Karko Nuban girl who was kidnapped into slavery but escaped and wrote a book about her ordeals. See also Index: Nuba peoples
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