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SOUTH SUDAN - THE LAND OF RUSTLING OF WINGS AND PEOPLE TALL AND SMOOTH<br />
M.M.NINAN<br />
Kuku<br />
The Kuku are found in southeastern part of central Equatoria. Their most important town is Kajo-Keji.<br />
The Kuku number about 20,000-30,000 and a few of them are found in West Nile District of Uganda.<br />
They are predominantly agrarian sometimes producing surplus product for the market. The main crops<br />
are sorghum, maize, groundnuts, cassava, simsim, tobacco. The Kuku also keep cattle. However, it is<br />
believed that in course of time the Kuku lost their cattle to tsetse fly, thereby abandoning animal<br />
husbandry as a full-time occupation and emerged as an agricultural community.<br />
The Kuku speak Kuku tongue, which is a dialect of the Bari language.<br />
Many of my students in the <strong>Sudan</strong> Theological College were of Kuku origin and I had them go back to<br />
their tribes and study the religious beliefs and customs. I have a small book on comparative study of<br />
the Kuku and Hebrew culture.<br />
Marriage traditions and customs are very strict among the Kuku. They are exogamous and marriage to<br />
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