2018年5月14日 · Shilluk ETHNONYM: Collo Orientation The Shilluk are the most northern Nilotic-speaking people in modern Africa. Shilluk country covers approximately 320 kilometers on the …

Anuak ETHNONYM: Lwo Orientation The Anuak live in a region straddling the border of the southern Sudan and Ethiopia, between 10 ° and 5 ° N and 34 ° to 38 ° E. The Anuak language …

2018年5月18日 · Nuer PRONUNCIATION : NOO-uhr LOCATION: Southern Sudan POPULATION: 4 million LANGUAGE: Nuer RELIGION: Traditional faith (worship of Kuoth); …

Body Decorations of African Cultures Africans have ancient traditions for decorating and accessorizing the body in rich and varied ways. Traditionally, many African peoples wore little …

2018年5月29日 · Dinka PRONUNCIATION: DEEN-kuh LOCATION: Sudan POPULATION: 500,000 to 1 million LANGUAGE: Dinka RELIGION: Monotheistic-worship of Nhialic …

The Shilluk lands are subdivided into autonomous areas, with regard to which the king acts as the focus of social cohesion. He is regarded as the descendant of Nyikank, the hero and founder …

Benjamin C. Ray's African Religions (Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1976) is an excellent introduction to African religions in which those of East Africa feature prominently, in particular the Nuer, …

AFRICAN RELIGIONS: MYTHIC THEMES It is common to regard myth as the chief intellectual product of cultures with strong oral traditions (in analogy to philosophical and theological texts …

Song of Lawino and Song of Ocol by Okot p’Bitek THE LITERARY WORK Two poems set in Uganda in the 1960s; Song of Lawino written in Acoli (as Werpa Lawino), translated and …