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Encyclopedia Britannica



ACHOLI

This article appears in Volume V01, Page 145 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: A10-ADA
ACHOLI , a negro
people
  of the upper Nile valley, dwelling on the
east
  bank of the Bahr-el-Jebel, about a hundred miles north of Albert Nyanza. They are akin to the Shilluks of the
White
  Nile. They frequently decorate the temples or cheeks with wavy or zigzag scars, and also the thighs with scrolls; some
pierce
  the ears. Their dwelling-places are circular has with a high
peak
 , furnished with a mud sleeping-platform, jars of
grain
  and a sunk fireplace. The interior walls are daubed with mud and decorated with geometrical or conventional designs in red,
white
  or grey. The Acholi are good hunters, using nets and spears, and keep goats, sheep and cattle. In war they use spears and
long
 , narrow shields of giraffe or ox hide. Their dialect is closely allied to those of the Alur, Lango and Ja-Luo tribes, all four being practically pure Nilotic. Their religion is a vague
fetishism
 . By early explorers the Acholi were called Shuli, a name now obsolete.


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