Flying Together 8-South Sudan

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SOUTH SUDAN - THE LAND OF RUSTLING OF WINGS AND PEOPLE TALL AND SMOOTH M.M.NINAN of civil war, cattle rustling became more deadly because of the widespread use and availability of small arms. Cattle rustling is common in Southern Sudan, especially at the end of the dry season when water is the scarcest and herds must travel the furthest. The ethnic diversity is so great it would be impossible to explain in such a short space. We will leave it at that. 16
SOUTH SUDAN - THE LAND OF RUSTLING OF WINGS AND PEOPLE TALL AND SMOOTH M.M.NINAN Kuku The Kuku are found in southeastern part of central Equatoria. Their most important town is Kajo-Keji. The Kuku number about 20,000-30,000 and a few of them are found in West Nile District of Uganda. They are predominantly agrarian sometimes producing surplus product for the market. The main crops are sorghum, maize, groundnuts, cassava, simsim, tobacco. The Kuku also keep cattle. However, it is believed that in course of time the Kuku lost their cattle to tsetse fly, thereby abandoning animal husbandry as a full-time occupation and emerged as an agricultural community. The Kuku speak Kuku tongue, which is a dialect of the Bari language. Many of my students in the Sudan Theological College were of Kuku origin and I had them go back to their tribes and study the religious beliefs and customs. I have a small book on comparative study of the Kuku and Hebrew culture. Marriage traditions and customs are very strict among the Kuku. They are exogamous and marriage to 17
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