The Keiga people are a sub-ethnic group of the Nuba people of Sudan, living in the Nuba Mountains region.[1] The population of this ethnicity likely is below 10,000. They speak Keiga, a Nilo-Saharan language.[2] The language belongs to the Kadugli–Krongo family.[3]
The Keiga people live north and northwest of Kadugli in South Kurdufan State. Their tradition says that all Keiga communities originated from Kulu sub-hill in Keiga Tummero hill. From there, they gradually spread over the present Keiga territory, the four hill communities of Tummero, Luban, al-Khayl, and Dameik.[4] The Keiga people practice farming in the rainy season and also raise cattle. They have been in competition for land with Arabs in the area, sometimes escalating into violence.[1]