Talk:Sudanese Cuisine/@comment-75.158.69.79-20100424002530/@comment-74.61.234.233-20101118061458

Yeah, that's definitely not true. Though the people in the North mixed with Arabs, they are descended from Nubians. The ruins from the Nubian and Kush empires are in the North, not the South. When the Arabs came to the area (they only ever made it to the North) they named the country "Sudan" (which translates to arabic as "land of black people") for the dark people they encountered. How can you say that the people the country was named for are not "real" Sudanese.

Also, the Northerners and Southerners are not descended from the same people so it's really like saying apples are real fruit and oranges are not. They're just different.