Acholi people

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The Acholi people are a Nilotic ethnic group primarily inhabiting northern Uganda and parts of South Sudan, known for their Luo language, rich oral traditions, and complex clan-based social structures.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Acholi people canonical 8
Acholi 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nilotic people
ethnic group
affectedBy internally displaced persons camps in northern Uganda
capitalRegionCity Gulu
conflictResolutionRitual Mato Oput
continent Africa
country South Sudan
Uganda
culturalInstitution Council of Chiefs
culturalPractice dance
music
praise poetry
rich oral traditions
storytelling
economy subsistence agriculture
ethnicGroupOf South Sudan
Uganda
governance chiefdoms
historicalExperience Lord's Resistance Army insurgency
language Acholi language
languageFamily Luo languages
linked to: Luo language

Nilotic languages
Western Nilotic languages
livelihood cattle keeping
small livestock rearing
majorTown Agago
Kitgum
Pader
notableDistrict Agago District
linked to: Butambala District

Amuru District
Gulu District
Kitgum District
linked to: Kitgum

Lamwo District
Nwoya District
Pader District
primaryRegion Eastern South Sudan
Northern Uganda
relatedEthnicGroup Alur people
Lango people
Padhola people
linked to: Jopadhola people

Shilluk people
linked to: Shilluk
religion Anglicanism
Christianity
Roman Catholicism
traditional Acholi religion
socialStructure clan-based system
socialUnit lineage
patrilineal clan
stapleCrop cassava
maize
millet
sorghum
subgroupOf Luo peoples
linked to: Luo people
traditionalLeaderTitle Rwot
traditionalRegionName Acholi sub-region
Acholiland

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Luo people relatedEthnicGroup Acholi people
Luo people of Uganda notableSubgroup Acholi people
English in Uganda coexistsWith Acholi
linked to: Acholi people
Nilotic peoples includesEthnicGroup Acholi people
Alur people relatedEthnicGroup Acholi people
Lango people neighboringEthnicGroup Acholi people
Nwoya District hasCommonLanguage Acholi
linked to: Acholi people
Northern Region, Uganda hasEthnicGroup Acholi
linked to: Acholi people
Kitgum mainEthnicGroup Acholi
linked to: Acholi people