Shilluk

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The Shilluk are a Nilotic ethnic group of South Sudan known for their historical kingdom along the White Nile and rich oral traditions.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Shilluk people 15
Shilluk canonical 10
Shilluk Kingdom 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nilotic people
ethnic group
associatedWithConflict Second Sudanese Civil War
South Sudanese Civil War
colonialHistory Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
continent Africa
country South Sudan
countryBeforeIndependence Sudan
culturalHeritage royal regalia of Nyikang
sacred royal shrines
culturalPractice age-set system
initiation rites
spirit possession rituals
ethnographicRegion Nilotic Sudan
foundingFigure Nyikang
hasKingdom Shilluk Kingdom
linked to: Shilluk
kinshipSystem patrilineal descent
language Shilluk language
languageFamily Nilotic languages
Western Nilotic languages
livelihood agriculture
cattle herding
fishing
musicTradition drum-based music
praise songs for kings
mythology Nyikang legend
neighboringGroup Anuak
Dinka
Nuer
oralTradition praise poetry
rich oral literature
royal genealogies
politicalOrganization monarchy
populationLocation South Sudan
Sudan
primaryRiver White Nile
region Nile Valley
Upper Nile State
religion Christianity
traditional African religion
religiousSpecialist diviner
priest
socialStructure clan-based organization
subsistenceType agro-pastoralism
traditionalAuthorityTitle reth
traditionalCapital Fashoda
linked to: Fashoda Incident
traditionalTerritory Upper Nile region
linked to: Greater Upper Nile

banks of the White Nile in South Sudan
writingSystemUsage Latin alphabet for Shilluk language

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (29)

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

South Sudan mainEthnicGroup Shilluk
Luo people relatedEthnicGroup Shilluk people
linked to: Shilluk
Sudanese ethnicGroupIncludes Shilluk
Sudd inhabitedBy Shilluk people
linked to: Shilluk
Nuer neighboringGroup Shilluk
Shilluk hasKingdom Shilluk Kingdom
linked to: Shilluk
Nilotic peoples includesEthnicGroup Shilluk people
linked to: Shilluk
Acholi people relatedEthnicGroup Shilluk people
linked to: Shilluk
Western Nilotic languages areSpokenBy Shilluk people
linked to: Shilluk
Jieng relatedEthnicGroup Shilluk
Shilluk language ethnicGroup Shilluk people
linked to: Shilluk
Shilluk language primarySpeakers Shilluk people
linked to: Shilluk
Nilotic Sudan associatedWithEthnicGroup Shilluk people
linked to: Shilluk
Reth usedBy Shilluk people
subject linked to: reth
linked to: Shilluk
Reth associatedWithEthnicGroup Shilluk
subject linked to: reth
Reth recognizedBy Shilluk clans
subject linked to: reth
linked to: Shilluk
royal regalia of Nyikang ethnicGroup Shilluk people
linked to: Shilluk
royal regalia of Nyikang culture Shilluk culture
linked to: Shilluk
Nyikang cultureHeroOf Shilluk people
linked to: Shilluk
Nyikang veneratedBy Shilluk people
linked to: Shilluk
Nyikang associatedWithEthnicGroup Shilluk people
linked to: Shilluk
Nyikang isProgenitorOf Shilluk royal clan
linked to: Shilluk
Southern Sudan region historicallyPopulatedBy Shilluk people
linked to: Shilluk
Proto-Nilotic hasDescendant Shilluk
Anyuak people relatedEthnicGroup Shilluk people
linked to: Shilluk
Anyuak relatedEthnicGroup Shilluk