Nilo-Saharan branch

Nilotic Peoples

The Nilotic peoples of the Nile Valley and East Africa: Dinka, Maasai, Luo and related pastoralist and agro-pastoralist cultures.

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11
Member ethnic groups
3
Regions spanned
Nilo-Saharan
Parent family
Acholi woman from Acholiland (Uganda, South Sudan)

Acholi

Acholiland (Uganda, South Sudan)

Alur woman from West Nile sub-region (Uganda), Ituri (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Alur

West Nile sub-region (Uganda), Ituri (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Anuak woman from Anuakia (Ethiopia), Boma (South Sudan)

Anuak

Anuakia (Ethiopia), Boma (South Sudan)

Bari woman from Central Equatoria (South Sudan), Uganda

Bari

Central Equatoria (South Sudan), Uganda

Dinka woman from South Sudan

Dinka

South Sudan

Kalenjin woman from Rift Valley Province (Kenya)

Kalenjin

Rift Valley Province (Kenya)

Luo woman from Kenya

Luo

Kenya

Maasai woman from Maasailand (Tanzania, Kenya)

Maasai

Maasailand (Tanzania, Kenya)

Nuer woman from Nuerland (South Sudan)

Nuer

Nuerland (South Sudan)

Shilluk woman from South Sudan

Shilluk

South Sudan

Turkana woman from Turkanaland (Kenya)

Turkana

Turkanaland (Kenya)

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